Excerpt from Essentials to the Law of Damages
Today, as is well known, the situation is altogether dif ferent. In contract, and as to pecuniary elements of dam age in-tort, the court can, and does, exercise rather a close control over the amount of damages; but, as to non-pecuniary elements of damage in torts, the jury may exercise a discretion of considerable breadth, for it is, as to such elements, exceedingly difficult, in most cases, to say that a verdict is excessive or inadequate, and it is altogether impossible to lay down practically complete general rules as in contract.
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Excerpt from Essentials to the Law of Damages
The purpose of this book is to state clearly the rules of the law of Damages, to comment upon and illustrate the workings of the rules, and to present important recent developments in this field. An effort is made to cultivate in the student an independent judgment as to the correctness of statements of principle. For this purpose, comparisons of adverse holdings are made, and questionable holdings are questioned or criticized. It is not intended that this work contain any extended treatment of the law of tort and contract. Questions of liability are so interwoven with questions as to the measure of damages that it is necessary to devote small portions of the book to treatment of the primary question of the defendants liability, as is done in all books on this subject. In determining the amount of space to be given to each portion of the general subject, regard has been had to the relative importance of the parts and to their complexity and difficulty.
The citations of cases and quotations from them and other authorities have been selected from a large mass of material gathered from almost every possible source during the years in which the writer has written articles upon and taught this subject. Many of the cases quoted, cited, or used as illustrations, are leading cases, and to these have been added such other cases as seem valuable for purposes of instruction. In the selection of cases for illustrative purposes, the element of human interest has never been lost sight of; for the student must be interested while instructed.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This intricate book explores the vast landscape of the law of damages, providing a fortifying set of principles to help readers understand when compensation is due for harm incurred. The author, a distinguished legal scholar, delves into the historical roots of the subject, tracing its evolution from ancient legal systems to the complexities of contemporary jurisprudence. The book illuminates the fundamental concepts of damage and injury, examining how they are defined and measured, then offering a thorough discussion of legal causation - when and how a defendant's actions can be seen as the direct cause of a plaintiff's loss. Finally, the book tackles the various types of damages recoverable, from compensatory to exemplary, providing valuable guidance on how to determine the appropriate compensation in each case. This book is indispensable for students, legal professionals, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the intricacies of the law of damages. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781330119587_0
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