Company''s Right to Damages for Non-Pecuniary Loss

This detailed examination explores the extent to which non-pecuniary damages can properly be awarded to companies.

List of contents

Preface; Part I. Background: 1. Introduction; 2. Corporations, damage and damages; Part II. The European Court of Human Rights: 3. Corporate rights under the ECHR; 4. EctHR's approach to corporate non-pecuniary loss; Part III. English Law: 5. Tort law and the corporation; 6. Aggravated damages for corporate victims?; 7. Attribution theory; Part IV. Comparative Analysis and Conclusion: 8. Comparative analysis; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

Vanessa Wilcox is a senior legal researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Institute for European Tort Law.

Summary

This book presents a detailed examination on the extent to which non-pecuniary damages can properly be awarded in favour of companies. Its primary focus is the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and English law, with a chapter also dedicated to comparative treatment.

Product details

• Authors: Vanessa Wilcox, Wilcox Vanessa
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2016
• EAN: 9781107139275
• ISBN: 978-1-107-13927-5
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, LAW / Torts, LAW / Contracts, contract law, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Law of torts, damages and compensation, Torts / Delicts