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Book SynopsisThis book presents a detailed examination on the extent to which non-pecuniary damages can properly be awarded in favour of companies. Its primary focus is the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and English law, with a chapter also dedicated to comparative treatment.
Trade Review'… the arguments are developed [with overall ease and simplicity] throughout the whole book. This makes Vanessa Wilcox's work, A Company's Right to Damages for Non-Pecuniary Loss, interesting and valuable for everyone who is attracted to the intricacies of the relevant areas of law and wishes to gain a better understanding of the direction of its future development.' Zlatin Zlatev, Modern Law Review
Table of ContentsPreface; Part I. Background: 1. Introduction; 2. Corporations, damage and damages; Part II. The European Court of Human Rights: 3. Corporate rights under the ECHR; 4. EctHR's approach to corporate non-pecuniary loss; Part III. English Law: 5. Tort law and the corporation; 6. Aggravated damages for corporate victims?; 7. Attribution theory; Part IV. Comparative Analysis and Conclusion: 8. Comparative analysis; 9. Conclusion.