The Recovery of Non-Pecuniary Loss in European Contract Law [Hardcover]

A pioneering work capturing the recent rise of moral damages in modern European contract law.The first comprehensive study on the rise of moral damages in modern European contract law through a historical and comparative analysis. Unique features include the first classification scheme of the systems into liberal, moderate and conservative regimes, taxonomy of non-pecuniary loss drawn from a European-wide jurisprudence and a comprehensive bibliography.The first comprehensive study on the rise of moral damages in modern European contract law through a historical and comparative analysis. Unique features include the first classification scheme of the systems into liberal, moderate and conservative regimes, taxonomy of non-pecuniary loss drawn from a European-wide jurisprudence and a comprehensive bibliography.This is the first comprehensive work to capture the rise of moral damages (non-pecuniary loss) in European contract law through a historical and comparative analysis. Unique features of this study include the first classification scheme of the systems into liberal, moderate and conservative regimes, a taxonomy of non-pecuniary loss drawn from a European-wide jurisprudence, and a comprehensive bibliography of the subject. Written by a leading academic on comparative law, Palmer's precise and practical insights on Europe's leading cases will be of great interest to academic researchers and practitioners alike.Part I. The Rise of Non-Pecuniary Damage: In European Law: 1. Trapped in categories: on the history of compensation for immaterial damages in European contract law Nils Jansen; 2. Moral damages in the age of codification Vernon Valentine Palmer; 3. The French awakening in the nineteenth century Vernon Valentine Palmer; 4. English law: the search for non-pecuniary damages in an 'historical system' Vernon Valentine Palmer; Part II. The Recovery of Non-Pecuniary Loss: In Modern Contract Law: 5. European contractual regimes: the contemporary approaches Vernon Valel*