Objectives of Tort - Principles of Justice or Hidden Policy Considerations?

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Law - Comparative Legal Systems, Comparative Law, grade: Upper 2nd , University of Warwick, course: Common Law, language: English, abstract: This essay will first provide a presentation of the possible objectives of an action for damages in tort. The various aims mentioned in the statement above shall then be classified and in a second step verified with illustration of current developments in case law.