Compensation and Revenge

Authors

Emily Sherwin

Library of Congress Authority File

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79122466

Document Type

Symposium Article

Abstract

Compensation is one of the least controversial goals of law; compensating for harms is assumed to be both efficient and morally praiseworthy. I shall argue that the moral component of this assumption needs refinement. Some of the features of legal remedies that pass as compensatory suggest that pursuit of compensation is not entirely virtuous.

Recommended Citation

Emily Sherwin, Compensation and Revenge, 40 San Diego L. Rev. 1387 (2003).
Available at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol40/iss4/12