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1989

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Punitive Damages: A Supporting Theory, Harold See Jan 1989

Punitive Damages: A Supporting Theory, Harold See

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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 Jan 1989

Punitive Damages: Introduction And Synopsis, Harold See

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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.