Maria Guadalupe Martinez Alles (University of Denver)

Torts and Retribution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The in-depth account of the common-law practice created by this book's retributive framework and the density of the literature cited make its contribution to tort theory of interest to legal scholars, practitioners, lawmakers, and judges in countries outside the common-law tradition considering adopting punitive damages in their legal systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9781009567916
• ISBN-10: 1009567918
• Artikelnr.: 72210573

Autorenporträt

María Guadalupe Martínez Alles is Associate Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. She holds an LLB from the National University of Córdoba and LLM and JSD degrees from Yale Law School.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: tort law punishes
I. The Place of Punishment in Torts: 1. Punishment is part of tort law
2. Punishment in tort theory
II. The Retributive Rationale: 3. The punitive puzzle: shifting away from deterrence
4. Relational retribution
5. Overcoming compensatory reductionism
III. Retribution in the Mass-Market Setting: 6. Understanding the collective context of wrongdoing
7. Punitive damages as retributive sanctions for violations of societal trust
8. Product liability, risk regulation and new technologies
IV. Why Tort Law: 9. The significance of the tort victim
10. The significance of the tort process
Conclusion: reconciling torts and retribution.