美国惩罚性损害赔偿判决在外国的承认与执行

惩罚性损害赔偿是英美法系侵权法与合同法中的一项制度。惩罚性损害赔偿判决在大陆法系国家的执行引发了诸多法律问题。各国基于对判决的性质、对“公共秩序保留”原则的运用及一些程序性问题的不同认识 ,对惩罚性损害赔偿判决作出了不同的处理。

US Punitive Damages Judgments' Recognition and Execution in the Other Countries

Punitive damages is one of the legal system of tort and contract law in the common law system.The enforcement of this system in the continental law countries causes a lot of legal problems.The different countries adopt different approaches to the punitive damages according to the nature of the judgment,exercise of the principle of “public order reservation” and different understanding of some procedural problems.