Notes on the liability derived from wrongful dismissal or dismissal conducted in bad faith within the Peruvian legal system: the rhetoric of punitive damages and the denaturalization of lucrum cessans

The peruvian Supreme Court has considered at the V Labour Plenary that the remunerations left to be received in cases of uncaused or fraudulent dismissal have a compensatory nature. This interpretation has led the notion of punitive damages to be used rhetorically...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Campos García, Héctor
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/21987
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/21987
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:tort law
contract law
punitive damages
lost profit
incause dismissal
fraudulent dismissal
void dismissal
responsabilidad civil
daño punitivo
indemnización
lucro cesante
despido incausado
despido fraudulento
despido nulo
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Sumario:The peruvian Supreme Court has considered at the V Labour Plenary that the remunerations left to be received in cases of uncaused or fraudulent dismissal have a compensatory nature. This interpretation has led the notion of punitive damages to be used rhetorically and has provoced that differentiated rules are established without justification in relation to void dismissal.The article explains the reasons why the Supreme Court assumed such position and criticizes those reasons. Finally, a possible solution is presented so that the magistrates do not apply the refered interpretarion in specific cases.