TY - BOOK AU - Meurkens,Lotte AU - Nordin,Emily ED - Ius Commune (School). TI - The power of punitive damages: is Europe missing out? T2 - Ius commune europaeum SN - 9781780680477 (pbk.) AV - KJC1610 .P69 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, U.K., Portland PB - Intersentia KW - Exemplary damages KW - Europe KW - United States N1 - "In November 2010, the Ius Commune Research School devoted the Liability and Insurance workshop on its annual conference to the "Power of Punitive Damages" "--Back cover; Includes bibliographical references; The Punitive Damages Debate in Continental Europe : Food for Thought; Lotte Meurkens --; Understanding and Solving the Multiple Punishments Problem; Jim Gash --; Due Process and The Deterrence Rationale for Punitive Damages; Mark A. Geistfeld --; Punitive Damages as Restitution; David G. Owen --; The U.S. Supreme Court's Theory of Common Law Punitive Damages : An Inauspicious Start; Anthony J. Sebok --; Punitive Damages Sensu Stricto in Australia; Danuta Mendelson --; Punitive Damages in Cypriot Law; Sofia Michaelides-Mateou --; Reflections on Reforming Punitive Damages in English Law; Jonathan Morgan --; The Protection and Enforcement of Private Interests by (the Recognition of U.S.) Punitive Damages in Belgium : Limits and Opportunities; Evelien de Kezel --; Punitive Damages and German Law; Ulrich Magnus --; Punitive Damages in the Competing Reform Draft s of the French Civil Code; Chantal B.P. Mahe --; Punitive Damages Under Spanish Law: A Subtle Recognition?; Marta Otero Crespo --; Punitive Damages : How Do They Look Like When Seen From Abroad?; Marta Requejo Isidro --; Punitive Damages and European Law : Quo Vademus?; Cedric Vanleenhove --; Punitive Damages for Certain Categories of Breaches of Contract?; Robert Hardy --; Enforcement in Family Law by Means of Private Penalties; Sara Matthe --; The Insurability of Punitive Damages Under Belgian Law; Emily Nordin and Daily Wuyts --; Punitive Damages for Cartel Infringements : Why Didn't The Commission Grasp The Opportunity?; Angela Ortega Gonzalez --; Some Tentative Thoughts on Punitive Damages in Case of Bad Faith Claim Handling by Insurers; Lodewijk Smeehuijzen --; The Law and Economics of Punitive Damages; Louis Visscher --; Punitive Damages in the Armoury of Human Rights Arbiters; Vanessa Wilcox --; Epilogue; Lotte Meurkens ER -