Punitive damages: características do instituto nos Estados Unidos da América e transplante do modelo estrangeiro pela jurisprudência brasileira do Tribunal de Justiça de Santa Catarina

Mark Pickersgill Walker; Rafael Peteffi da Silva

doi:10.5007/2177-7055.2016v37n74p295

Punitive Damages: United States conceptualization of the doctrine and case law analysis of Santa Catarina Court of Appeals

Authors

Mark Pickersgill Walker Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS
Rafael Peteffi da Silva Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2177-7055.2016v37n74p295

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2177-7055.2016v37n74p295

This article essentially intends to contribute with the current doctrinal discussion regarding the institute of punitive damages, as it is known in its Anglo-Saxon origins. For this purpose, the study is divided in two parts: in a brief first moment, one dedicates himself to clarify the components of the institute itself – detailing its definition and characteristics, functions, and disambiguating it from the punitive function ascribed to noneconomic damages under Brazilian law. The second half concentrates on the analysis of the institute in relation to Brazilian legal system – specifically with a detailed diagnosis of how it has been used by the Santa Catarina Court of Appeals.

Author Biographies

Mark Pickersgill Walker, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS

Doutorando em Direito Civil na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, mestre e graduado em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Pesquisa temáticas relativas à Responsabilidade Civil com enfoque em Direito comparado e especificamente o intuito dos "punitive damages".

Rafael Peteffi da Silva, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Doutor em Direito pela Universidade de São Paulo,
professor adjunto da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e pesquisador líder do grupo “Direito Civil na Contemporaneidade”.

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Published

2016-12-21

How to Cite

WALKER, Mark Pickersgill; SILVA, Rafael Peteffi da. Punitive Damages: United States conceptualization of the doctrine and case law analysis of Santa Catarina Court of Appeals. Seqüência - Legal and Political Studies, Florianópolis, v. 37, n. 74, p. 295–326, 2016. DOI: 10.5007/2177-7055.2016v37n74p295. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/sequencia/article/view/2177-7055.2016v37n74p295. Acesso em: 21 jul. 2024.