Punitive damages and the place of punishment in private law

It has long been orthodoxy that punitive damages, because they are awarded in order to punish, are an anomalous remedy. So entrenched is this understanding that it has never been seriously challenged. However, even apparent truisms about the law should be questioned and, accordingly, this article of...

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Main Authors: Goudkamp, J, Katsampouka, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021