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Project

Extra-comensatory damages in private international law - The European answer to the American concept of punitive damages.

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01N01313

Duration

01 January 2013 → 31 October 2017

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Maud Piers

Research disciplines

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..

English

Dutch

English

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