Educational circles in countries of civil law hold negative attitude to applying punitive damages in the contract law from the view of maintaining the unity of statute law system. But owing to the reality of the society, the standing point of punitive damages has already loosened. 大陆法系国家学界从维护法律制度的统一性的角度出发,对合同法中适用惩罚性赔偿持否定态度,但鉴于社会的现实,惩罚性赔偿所具有的功能,这一立场已有松动。