Scholarly opinion overwhelmingly opposes the trend toward truly punitive damages. If Lord Keynes\u27s 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
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The doctrine of punitive damages truly is an ancient legal concept that inexplicably has evaded comm...
My analysis of punitive damages in environmental and products liability cases concludes that these a...
In 2001 the Supreme Court, in Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., suggested that...
Common law punitive damages have some feature that will get everyone\u27s goat: a civil court meting...
I won\u27t beat around the bush. I disagree with Professor Viscusi\u27s premises, his conclusion, an...
In Philip Morris v. Williams, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution does not permit the impos...
This article assesses the relation between compensatory damages and punitive damages in cases leadin...
In 2003, the Supreme Court created a presumption that only single-digit ratios of punitive damages t...
In this Article, Professors Chanenson and Gotanda propose that courts treat comparable maximum crimi...
A contemporary theory of punitive damages must answer two questions: (1) what place, if any, do puni...
Professor Viscusi\u27s article differs from the dominant mode of law and economics scholarship on pu...
The limitations on a punitive damage award depend on the conception of punitive damages. Is it a pri...
This Article focuses on the concept that punitive damages can be justified as a substitute for compe...
Punitive, or exemplary damages, have been recognized in the Anglo-American common law systems for tw...
The doctrine of punitive damages truly is an ancient legal concept that inexplicably has evaded comm...
My analysis of punitive damages in environmental and products liability cases concludes that these a...
In 2001 the Supreme Court, in Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., suggested that...
Common law punitive damages have some feature that will get everyone\u27s goat: a civil court meting...
I won\u27t beat around the bush. I disagree with Professor Viscusi\u27s premises, his conclusion, an...
In Philip Morris v. Williams, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution does not permit the impos...
This article assesses the relation between compensatory damages and punitive damages in cases leadin...
In 2003, the Supreme Court created a presumption that only single-digit ratios of punitive damages t...
In this Article, Professors Chanenson and Gotanda propose that courts treat comparable maximum crimi...