Code
01N01313
Duration
01 January 2013 → 31 October 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Law
Keywords
European private law
punitive damages
private international law
recognition and enforcement
damages
applicable law
Project description
The proposed research answers the questions of whether Europe is (should be) opposed to (1) the application by European courts of American laws imposing punitive damages and to (2) the recognition and enforcement of American judgment granting punitive damages. This study will include the law of the EU, as well as German, Austrian, French, and English law..