Punitive Damages - an Experience from Common Law: One Piece of Puzzle in Continental Law Still Missing?

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Punitive Damages - an Experience from Common Law: One Piece of Puzzle in Continental Law Still Missing?

Original language description

In the article, I am presenting present the standard theory of punitive damages and provide some basic arguments in favour of them. I further point out that even though American tort law is quite friendly towards punitive damages, it does nevertheless impose certain limits on the amounts of punitive damages awards. Then, I turn to Europe and describe the general attitude of selected European legal systems to punitive damages. Finally, I show that the approach of the Czech law of torts with respect to punitive damages is not as restrictive as that of other European countries and does, in fact and to a certain extent, recognise the punitive function of damages

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Common Law Review

ISSN

1213-4678

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Volume of the periodical

2017

Issue of the periodical within the volume

14

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

13-17

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