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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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Autore: Sunstein Cass R. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Punitive damages [[electronic resource] ] : how juries decide / / Cass R. Sunstein, W. Kip Viscusi ... [et al.]; with an introduction by George L. Priest Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
Disciplina: 347.73
Soggetto topico: Exemplary damages - United States
Jury - United States - Decision making
Soggetto non controllato: punishment, united states, usa, america, american, college, university, textbook, verdict, civil, trial, judge, ury, judicial, lawsuit, class action, auto, bmw, manufacturer, manufacturing, automobile, controversy, environment, data, experiment, psychology, behavior, analysis, plaintiff, corporate, risk, corporation, juror, jury, assessment
Altri autori: SunsteinCass R  
ViscusiW. Kip  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Punitive damages  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-53784-9
9786612537844
0-226-78016-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780993603321
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