Sentence examples for imposition of punitive from inspiring English sources

A fine line separates conduct that justifies imposition of punitive damages from conduct that does not.

All this eventually leads, during the course of 2009, to the imposition of punitive regional and UN sanctions.

So it is somewhat embarrassing that as the European Union's Commissioner for Trade, he has presided over the imposition of punitive duties on a wave of Asian imports.

While States possess discretion over the imposition of punitive damages, it is well established that there are procedural and substantive constitutional limitations on these awards.

It was the United States-led imposition of punitive international sanctions during the Obama years that empowered the Revolutionary Guards' role in the economy.

The commission said it would begin a formal antidumping investigation on Friday that could lead to the imposition of punitive tariffs.

At the same time, the imposition of more punitive fines on organisations refusing to sign up to the panel's code of conduct should be scrapped.

And he and Cameron are counting on a punch-drunk Labour frontbench to smooth the imposition of a punitive fiscal regime.

Because juries are accorded broad discretion both as to the imposition and amount of punitive damages, see Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., supra, 418 U.S., at 349-350, 94 S.Ct., at 3011-3012; Prosser § 2, pp. 13-14, the impact of these windfall recoveries is unpredictable and potentially substantial.

Any further interest in deterring potential defamation through case-by-case judicial imposition of presumed and punitive damages awards on less than a showing of actual malice simply exacts too high a toll on First Amendment values.

The monitor has been mischaracterized as a punitive measure, the imposition of a "big brother" who stands ready to take charge of the State Police for federal authorities if the state falters.