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Are Excessive Punitive Damages Unconstitutional In Georgia?: The Question And More In Colonial Pipeline Co. V. Brown, H. Lee Pruett
Are Excessive Punitive Damages Unconstitutional In Georgia?: The Question And More In Colonial Pipeline Co. V. Brown, H. Lee Pruett
Georgia State University Law Review
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Corporate Successor Liability For Punitive Damages In Products Liability Litigation, Lynda G. Wilson
Corporate Successor Liability For Punitive Damages In Products Liability Litigation, Lynda G. Wilson
South Carolina Law Review
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Punishment: The Civil Perspective Of Punitive Damages, Bailey Kuklin
Punishment: The Civil Perspective Of Punitive Damages, Bailey Kuklin
Cleveland State Law Review
Punitive, or exemplary damages, have been recognized in the Anglo-American common law systems for two centuries. This Article explores the consequences of treating punitive damages as a private means of punishment. Light is shed on the controversies surrounding, first, the attempt to adopt a standard of punishment, private or public, and second, to apply such a standard. The concentration on punitive damages for this exploratory undertaking, instead of criminal sanctions, avoids the need to account for additional imputed public penal purposes, such as rehabilitation and isolation. As a preliminary matter, the emphasis of this Article should be made clear. The …
Punitive Damages: A Supporting Theory, Harold See
Punitive Damages: A Supporting Theory, Harold See
Law Faculty Scholarship
Scholarly opinion overwhelmingly opposes the trend toward truly punitive damages. If Lord Keynes's observation is correct, then damages intended to punish are, after only a brief maturity, condemned to pass away. The winds of the popular and judicial summer will carry them off because there is no hedgerow of theory to break that wind and hold them fast.
Punitive Damages: Introduction And Synopsis, Harold See
Punitive Damages: Introduction And Synopsis, Harold See
Law Faculty Scholarship
An introduction and synopsis of the 1989 symposium on punitive damages sponsored by the University of Alabama School of Law and the Alabama Law Review.