This article addresses the issue of psychological dislike and of stigma which is attached to conducting transactions for soil-polluted land. The results indicate that, when a lower resale price results, it may be the case that stigma is being regarded as a latent defect. Judges give particular weight to the fact that the item in question lacks a characteristic which is normally present. At the same time, it is possible that the buyer demands compensatory damages incurred as a result of cleanup measures for the soil pollution and compensation for the reduction in the land's resale value. Insofar as, with regard to the range of a psychological wound and the concept of time, it utilizes the transition observed in the reduction of the market price as the basis for analysis, this article can be said to take an objective approach.
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