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Punitive Damages Articles from Charleston Law Review Symposium Now Available Online

April 1, 2008

Our prior posts have discussed some of the papers generated by the Charleston Law Review symposium on punitive damages last September. TortsProfBlog now has this post linking to online versions of all the articles from the symposium volume of the Charleston Law Review.

Here are the titles of all articles (see the TortsProfBlog post for the links):

Anthony J. Sebok, After Philip Morris v. Williams: What is Left of the “Single-Digit” Ratio?

Anthony J. Franze, Clinging to Federalism: How Reluctance to Amend State Law-Based Punitive Damages Procedures Impedes Due Process.

Neil Vidmar & Matthew W. Wolfe, Fairness Through Guidance: Jury Instruction on Punitive Damages after Philip Morris v. Wiliams.

Christopher J. Robinette, Peace: A Public Purpose for Punitive Damages.

Keith N. Hylton, Due Process and Punitive Damages: An Economic Approach.

Victor E. Schwartz & Christopher E. Appel, Putting the Cart Before the Horse: The Prejudicial Practice of a “Reverse Bifurcation” Approach to Punitive Damages.

Elizabeth J. Cabraser & Robert J. Nelson, Class Action Treatment of Punitive Damages Issues After Philip Morris v. Williams: We Can Get There From Here.

Byron G. Stier, Now It’s Personal: Punishment and Mass Tort Litigation After Philip Morris v. Williams.

Michael L. Rustad, The Uncert-Worthiness of the Court’s Unmaking of Punitive Damages.

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