惩罚性赔偿制度的法经济学分析——兼论中国《消法》第49条的法律适用

The Law and Economics Analysis of Punitive Damages

作为一种古老的法律责任制度,惩罚性赔偿有着十分重要的理论价值。自19世纪以来,它不仅适用于各国和地区的侵权案件,也适用于合同案件。本文在深入剖析惩罚性赔偿的既有内涵及其适用的理论与实践情况的基础上,透过法经济学的视野,结合《消法》第49条探讨了违约与侵权两种情况下的惩罚性赔偿问题,并对《消法》第49条的法律适用提出了自己的看法。

Punitive Damages, i.e. Exemplary Damages or Vindictive Damages, is a kind of venerable responsibility institution, and it has very important academic value. Since 19th century, it not only applied into the tort case s of each counties and regions, but also applied into contract cases. On the base of observing and studying the connotation and its application, the author study Punitive Damages under the situation both breach of contract and tort by angle of law and economics, and then give some proposal to the application of article 49th of the Consumer Law.