Case-by-case Remedies Versus Announced Remedies
Remedies can be, and in American law usually are, determined case by case, and take into account many different facts including the amount of harm caused to the victim. But remedies can also be determined in advance for an entire class of cases—for example, there can be a fixed fine for all violations of a legal rule, regardless of how much harm was caused in the particular case.
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Famous quotes containing the words remedies and/or announced:
“Fear, coercion, punishment, are the masculine remedies for moral weakness, but statistics show their failure for centuries. Why not change the system and try the education of the moral and intellectual faculties, cheerful surroundings, inspiring influences? Everything in our present system tends to lower the physical vitality, the self-respect, the moral tone, and to harden instead of reforming the criminal.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)
“In accordance with the law the death sentence was announced to Cincinnatus C. in a whisper. All rose, exchanging smiles.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)