Punishment and Private Law

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Punishment and Private Law

Private or civil law: general Law of torts, damages and compensation

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Collection: Hart Studies in Private Law

Language: English

Published by: Hart Publishing

Published on: 20th May 2021

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 448 pages

ISBN: 9781509939169


Does private law punish?

This collection answers this complex but compelling question. Lawyers from across the spectrum of the law (contract, tort, restitution) explore exactly how it punishes wrong doing.

These leading voices ask whether that punishment is effective and what its societal role might be. Taking the discussion out of the technical and into a broader realms of a wider purpose, it is both compelling and thought-provoking.

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