San Diego Law Review
Document Type
Symposium Article
Abstract
Compensating for harms is the bedrock of the practice of tort law. The hypothetical ideal of "making the victim whole" guides many a classroom discussion and judicial opinion. Yet we all know that his ideal is often unattainable for a variety of practical and conceptual reasons. Focusing on the conceptual issues, a question might be asked: Are we ever Really able to make the victim whole? In this Article, I aim to stress and develop the aspects of the argument I find most convincing, while critiquing others.
Recommended Citation
Adi Ayal,
Can We Compensate for Incompensable Harms?,
40
San Diego L. Rev.
1123
(2003).
Available at:
https://digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol40/iss4/4