comparative tort law

Compensación del daño moral puro de las víctimas secundarias o por rebote. Comentarios comparados en derecho inglés y francés. Corte Suprema, 24 de enero de 2019, ROL Nº 38.037-2017

Moving away from the traditional cases dealing with death or injury of the primary victim, the Chilean Supreme Court compensated the non-pecuniary losses suffered by the wife and children of a man who was wrongly accused of being the author of a …

“Weakness” in the context of the compensation of non-pecuniary losses in English law and French law

The internal coherence of English law and French law regarding the compensation of non-pecuniary losses can be tested by analysing how they conceive compensation for pain and suffering. In such context, the polysemic concept of weakness can be traced …