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punitive damages: a standalone construct

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Law and psychology

damages beyond compensation meant to punish, which jurors set from moral outrage but translate erratically into dollars.

In law and psychology, punitive damages refers to damages beyond compensation meant to punish, which jurors set from moral outrage but translate erratically into dollars. This meaning comes from Sunstein (1998) in The Yale Law Journal.[1]

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References

Sunstein, C. R., Kahneman, D., & Schkade, D. (1998). Assessing Punitive Damages (With Notes on Cognition and Valuation in Law). The Yale Law Journal, 107(7), 2071. https://doi.org/10.2307/797417

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