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UNINA9910780993603321 |
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Autore |
Sunstein Cass R. |
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Titolo |
Punitive damages [[electronic resource] ] : how juries decide / / Cass R. Sunstein, W. Kip Viscusi ... [et al.]; with an introduction by George L. Priest |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-53784-9 |
9786612537844 |
0-226-78016-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (299 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SunsteinCass R |
ViscusiW. Kip |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Exemplary damages - United States |
Jury - United States - Decision making |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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