Sinanis, Nikolaos Emmanouil;
(2022)
Exemplary Damages: A Critical History.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
This thesis provides a history of the common law practice of exemplary (or punitive) damages in civil tort actions from the early seventeenth century to the landmark decision of the House of Lords in Rookes v Barnard in 1964. It examines this expansive period through the critical prism of the only mode of civil trial used in England's courts of common law until the second half of the nineteenth century - trial by jury. By doing so, this thesis has critical implications for both settled historical interpretations of the origins and growth of the common law doctrine of exemplary damages, as well as modern tort theories that continue to call for its abolition.
Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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Qualification: | Ph.D |
Title: | Exemplary Damages: A Critical History |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2022. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10147709 |



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