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Measuring damages in the law of obligations : the search for harmonised principles /

This book challenges certain differences between contract, tort and equity in relation to the measure (in a broad sense) of damages. Damages are defined as the monetary award made by a court in consequence of a breach of contract, a tort or an equitable w.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harder, Sirko
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2010.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The present remoteness test in tort
  • The present remoteness test in contract
  • A uniform remoteness test throughout the common law
  • Remoteness of damage in equity
  • Non-pecuniary loss in tort
  • Non-pecuniary loss in contract
  • Non-pecuniary loss in equity
  • Contributory negligence in tort
  • Contributory negligence in contract
  • Contributory negligence in equity
  • The present law of 'restituion for wrongs'
  • The proper scope of 'restitution for wrongs'
  • The present law of exemplary damages
  • Objective of exemplary damages
  • Defensibility of confining exemplary damages to tort
  • The abolition or retention of exemplary damages
  • Conclusion.