Punitive Damages in Private International Law

Lessons for the European Union

Cedric Vanleenhove (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

260 Seiten

2016
Intersentia Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78068-416-1 (ISBN)

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Although European scholars have called U.S. punitive damages an "(undesired) peculiarity of American law " and the "Trojan horse of the Americanisation of continental law", the European Union cannot close its eyes to this important feature of U.S. law. Despite being under constant scrutiny, punitive damages have a strong foothold on the other side of the ocean. Moreover, due to increased globalisation, transnational litigation is arguably on the rise. In cross-border law suits, it is inevitable that a jurisdiction will encounter legal institutions that are alien to the substantive law of the forumThis book examines the private international law treatment of American punitive damages in the European Union. It poses the crucial question whether U.S. punitive damages (should) penetrate the borders of the European Union through the backdoor of private international law. More specifically, three areas of private international law are analysed: service of process, applicable law and enforcement of judgments.In addition to describing the current positions in case law and scholarship, the book takes a normative perspective and attempts to formulate concrete guiding principles that can be used when the European legal order faces U.S. punitive damages. It, therefore, provides an invaluable resource for practitioners, judges and authorities confronted with this controversial remedy. Furthermore, as a nation's private international law attitude indicates the country's level of tolerance towards a foreign concept unknown in its own legal system, the book can form an essential building block for discussions amongst legislators surrounding the introduction of the remedy of punitive damages in substantive law.

Cedric Vanleenhove is Secretary-General of the Flemish Sports Tribunal and professorat the HEC Management School of the University of Liege. He obtained his PhD at theFaculty of Law and Criminology of Ghent University, where he subsequently worked as apost-doctoral researcher in transnational law.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.05.2017
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Gewicht	439 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Internationales Privatrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht
ISBN-10	1-78068-416-9 / 1780684169
ISBN-13	978-1-78068-416-1 / 9781780684161
Zustand	Neuware