Recovery of Non-Pecuniary Loss in European Contract Law

A pioneering work capturing the recent rise of moral damages in modern European contract law.

Sommario

Part I. The Rise of Non-Pecuniary Damage: In European Law: 1. Trapped in categories: on the history of compensation for immaterial damages in European contract law Nils Jansen; 2. Moral damages in the age of codification Vernon Valentine Palmer; 3. The French awakening in the nineteenth century Vernon Valentine Palmer; 4. English law: the search for non-pecuniary damages in an 'historical system' Vernon Valentine Palmer; Part II. The Recovery of Non-Pecuniary Loss: In Modern Contract Law: 5. European contractual regimes: the contemporary approaches Vernon Valentine Palmer; 6. Questionnaire, national reports and commentary: the comparative evidence; 7. Conclusions and observations Vernon Valentine Palmer.

Info autore

Vernon Valentine Palmer is Thomas Pickles Professor of Law at Tulane University and is Co-Director of the Eason-Weinmann Center of Comparative Law.

Riassunto

The first comprehensive study on the rise of moral damages in modern European contract law through a historical and comparative analysis. Unique features include the first classification scheme of the systems into liberal, moderate and conservative regimes, taxonomy of non-pecuniary loss drawn from a European-wide jurisprudence and a comprehensive bibliography.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vernon V. Palmer, Vernon V. (Tulane University Palmer
• Con la collaborazione di: Palmer Vernon V. (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 02.07.2015
• EAN: 9781107098626
• ISBN: 978-1-107-09862-6
• Pagine: 534
• Serie: The Common Core of European Private Law; The Common Core of European Private Law
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto civile, diritto processuale civile; Law, LAW / Civil Law, contract law, EU (European Union), Private / Civil law: general works