Il danno non patrimoniale : evoluzione storica e prospettive future

My doctoral thesis aims at doing an historical survey of the concept of non pecuniary damages and of their refundability problem, analysing doctrinal trends and jurisprudential evolution, in the light both of historical and presently in force normative data. A long historical excursus analyses the subject we are dealing with starting with the 1865 Italian Civil Code up to the well known judgements of Sezioni Unite in November 2008. Future prospects are also detailed. My doctoral thesis has also a comparative approach, since it also examines punitive damages, which are peculiar to common law legal systems and are not yet recognized by civil law legal systems, particularly the Italian system.