Punitive damages for oil spills: a look from the economic analysis of law

Given the difficulties of making an adequate compensation for environmental damage caused by oil spills, this article presents the treatment of Law of Torts and summarizes the American experience in the case of environmental damage caused by oil spills through punitive damages. Likewise, through an...

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Autor: Bolaños Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.unife.edu.pe:article/2557
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unife.edu.pe/index.php/lumen/article/view/2557
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Responsabilidad civil
daños punitivos
derrames petroleros
daños ambientales
sanciones ambientales
sanciones administrativas
Tort law
punitive damages
oil spills
environmental damage
environmental sanctions
administrative sanctions
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Sumario:Given the difficulties of making an adequate compensation for environmental damage caused by oil spills, this article presents the treatment of Law of Torts and summarizes the American experience in the case of environmental damage caused by oil spills through punitive damages. Likewise, through an Economic Analysis of Law, the evaluation of the efficiency of punitive damages in terms of compensation for environmental damage due to oil spills is presented and compared to administrative sanctions for environmental damage.