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Substantive Due Process Limits On Punitive Damage Awards: "Morals Without Technique"?, F. Patrick Hubbard
Substantive Due Process Limits On Punitive Damage Awards: "Morals Without Technique"?, F. Patrick Hubbard
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In a series of cases decided over the last two decades, the Supreme Court has used the Due Process Clause to establish a procedural and substantive framework for awarding punitive damages. Initially, the substantive aspects of this framework were sufficiently clear and flexible that they required little change in the system and probably generated a helpful level of debate and uniformity as to some basic requirements for awards. However, in BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, the Court adopted an approach characterized by a lack of clarity and consistency, an inadequate basis in theory and policy, and ad hoc …
Reining In Abuses Of Executive Power Through Substantive Due Process, Rosalie Berger Levinson
Reining In Abuses Of Executive Power Through Substantive Due Process, Rosalie Berger Levinson
Law Faculty Publications
Although substantive due process is one of the most confusing and controversial areas of constitutional law, it is well established that the Due Process Clause includes a substantive component that “bars certain arbitrary wrongful government actions ‘regardless of the fairness of the procedures used to implement them.’” The Court has recognized substantive due process limitations on law-enforcement personnel, publicschool officials, government employers, and those who render decisions that affect our property rights. Government officials who act with intent to harm or with deliberate indifference to our rights have been found to engage in conduct that “shocks the judicial conscience” contrary …