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Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? – Conference in Augsburg, Germany

Conflict of Laws

In his paper on “Compensation, Punishment, and the Idea of Private Law”, Lukas Rademacher (University of Kiel) explained the idea of punitive damages and its compatibility with German private law. Namely, the punitive damage award must be reconcilable with the legality (typicality and predictability) and proportionality principles.