A course in contemporary romanian : an introduction to the study of romanian : (for foreign students) / Boris Cazacu ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNIBAS000041526
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bucureşti : Editura didacticâ şi pedagogicâ, 1980
• Edizione: [2. ed. revised and enlarged]
• Descrizione fisica: 712 p., [2] carte di tav. : ill. ; 25 cm.
• Disciplina: 459
• Soggetti: Lingua romena
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese; Rumeno
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Punitive damages [[electronic resource] ] : how juries decide / / Cass R. Sunstein, W. Kip Viscusi ... [et al.]; with an introduction by George L. Priest

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455616403321
• Autore: Sunstein Cass R.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2002
• ISBN: 1-282-53784-9; 9786612537844; 0-226-78016-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SunsteinCass R; ViscusiW. Kip
• Disciplina: 347.73
• Soggetti: Exemplary damages - United States; Jury - United States - Decision making; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Problem and Efforts to Understand It -- 1. Overview: What We Did and What We Found -- Introduction -- 2. Shared Outrage, Erratic Awards -- 3. Deliberating about Dollars: The Severity Shift -- 4. Do Plaintiffs' Requests and Plaintiffs' Identities Matter? -- Introduction -- 5. Judging Corporate Recklessness -- 6 Looking Backward in Punitive Judgments: 20-20 Vision? -- Introduction -- 7. Corporate Risk Analysis: A Reckless Act? -- 8. Do People Want Optimal Deterrence? -- 9. Deterrence Instructions: What Jurors Won't Do -- 10. Judging Risk and Recklessness -- 12. Putting It All Together -- 13. What Should Be Done? -- Appendix: Judge's Instructions -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Over the past two decades, the United States has seen a dramatic increase in the number and magnitude of punitive damages verdicts rendered by juries in civil trials. Probably the most extraordinary example is the July 2000 award of