论违约责任中的精神损害赔偿

Damages for mental distress caused by breach of contract

无论是大陆法系,还是英美法系,各国立法和判例都普遍将精神损害赔偿的适用限定于侵权行为。对于能否在违约责任中适用精神损害赔偿,我国法律没有明文规定,理论界的主流观点也是否定的。但在各国司法实践中,一些法院已经承认了在特定合同类型下违约精神损害赔偿的存在。这是法制进步的必然选择。

Whether it is civil law or common law,national legislation and cases generally apply damages for mental distress to tort law.Whether the compensation of mental distress could be applicable to breach of contract,China s law has no legislation and the opinion of mainstream theory is negative.However,judicial cases of some courts have supported the existence of mental distress in some specific type of contract.This is an inevitable choice for law progress.