Autore
Barriére, Francois

Titolo
Non-Compensatory Damages: France under the Influence?
Periodico
Osservatorio del diritto civile e commerciale
Anno: 2012 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 323 - Pagina finale: 336

Punitive damages have a sulfurous reputation in civil law jurisdictions, eventhough their use in common law jurisdictions is less intense than usually believed to be.However, so-called «punitive» damages need to be defined, and «lucrative torts» should bedistinguished from «punitive» damages strictly construed. Under the influence of Americancommon law, a number of French scholars and practitioners have suggested, and evenpushed for, the introduction of non-compensatory damages in France. Different questions areconsidered in this article, which focuses on French law: (i) are traditional civil law liabilitycompensatory damages sufficient to respond to wrongdoings?, (ii) should non-compensatorydamages be subject to different regimes depending on the type of torts they focus on? Afterthese questions have been discussed, (iii) the traditional absence of non-compensatory damagesin France will be discussed, (iv) the influence of European Union legislation on non-compensatorydamages in civil law jurisdictions such as France will be analyzed, and (v) proposalsto legalize non-compensatory damages in France will be presented.



SICI: 2281-2628(2012)2<323:NDFUTI>2.0.ZU;2-6
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