Punitive Damages in Mexican Law. Some Ideas for its Interpretation
Recently, the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation issued a resolution in which it declared the admissibility of punitive damages in Mexican law, in matters of moral damage. However, applying a detailed analysis of the sentence, its arguments and grounds, leads us to the concl...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15230 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/derecho-comparado/article/view/15230 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Punitive Damages Civil Responsability Moral Damages Tort Law daños punitivos responsabilidad civil daño moral derecho de daños |
| Sumario: | Recently, the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation issued a resolution in which it declared the admissibility of punitive damages in Mexican law, in matters of moral damage. However, applying a detailed analysis of the sentence, its arguments and grounds, leads us to the conclusion that this figure has very little in common with the “puni-tive damages” applied in the common law legal systems, and refers only to how to quantify the compensation awarded to the victim. |
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