| Punitive damages system is a special kind of compensation, this punishment intocivil law in the criminal field, breaking the traditional filling of damages, punitivedamages system has special functions, not only can effectively protect the legitimaterights and interests of consumers, but also to punish unscrupulous operators to preventothers from day before for a similar wrongful acts. China in the "Consumer ProtectionLaw,""Product Quality Law" and the introduction of the system, but due to legislativereasons, the system does not fully perform its functions, I will in this paper onimproving the system of punitive damages in China’s Consumer Law own some of thehumble opinion.In addition to the introduction and conclusion, is divided into five parts:The first part of the general theory of punitive damages. This section uses ahistorical analysis, respectively, introduced the punitive damages system in theancient law, common law, civil law. And our law a basic overview and a detaileddescription of the function of punitive damages.The second part of China Consumer Rights Protection Act "is how to provide forpunitive damages system. This part of the legislative intent of the applicableconditions, the scope of the punitive damages system are discussed.The third part is the analysis of China’s Consumer Protection Act in the punitivedamages system. This section focuses on the serious problem of the system inpractical use, the author from the concept of "consumer" and "fraud" and "punitivedamages" in-depth analysis and their opinions.The fourth part is the comparison of Chinese and foreign consumer protection inthe punitive damages system. This part of the comparative analysis, respectively, fromthe scope of the system of punitive damages, the applicable conditions, punitivedamages three to compare the punitive damages system in the United Kingdom, theUnited States, China, Taiwan and China’s mainland, is the fifth part of perfect viewsof laying the groundwork.The fifth part of China’s Consumer Protection Act, punitive damages system, thispart of the author, respectively, for the previous analysis specific perfect, but also theimplementation of the recommendations of some other punitive damages system.The final epilogue to summarize. |