The secondary legal duty to pay damages
Reflects on whether the law recognises only a legal liability, not a legal duty, to pay compensatory damages. Examines the requirements for compensatory damages, including the existence of moral duties, and the problem of showing that law, as it is, gives effect to them. Suggests why a duty to pay t...
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Sweet and Maxwell
2020
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| author | Steel, S Stevens, R |
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| description | Reflects on whether the law recognises only a legal liability, not a legal duty, to pay compensatory damages. Examines the requirements for compensatory damages, including the existence of moral duties, and the problem of showing that law, as it is, gives effect to them. Suggests why a duty to pay them on actionable private wrongs exists, and how moral duties play a role in justifying compensatory awards even if the liability view is correct. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:6e4a79e9-b9a3-44e2-9afc-84ef110466bd2024-10-10T16:16:22ZThe secondary legal duty to pay damagesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:6e4a79e9-b9a3-44e2-9afc-84ef110466bdEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordSweet and Maxwell2020Steel, SStevens, RReflects on whether the law recognises only a legal liability, not a legal duty, to pay compensatory damages. Examines the requirements for compensatory damages, including the existence of moral duties, and the problem of showing that law, as it is, gives effect to them. Suggests why a duty to pay them on actionable private wrongs exists, and how moral duties play a role in justifying compensatory awards even if the liability view is correct. |
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