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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harder, Sirko
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2010.
Subjects:
Damages.
Liability (Law)
Responsabilité (Droit)
Private > Civil law: general works.
LAW > Torts.
Schade.
Aansprakelijkheid.
Verbintenissenrecht.
Onrechtmatige daad.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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