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Toxic Torts - Carl F. Cranor

Toxic Torts

Science, Law, and the Possibility of Justice

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Buch | Hardcover
430 Seiten
2016 | 2nd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-15196-3 (ISBN)
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In the United States, court reviews of scientific evidence greatly lag behind mainstream science, making it difficult for people wrongfully injured by chemical products to seek justice. Newly updated and expanded, this second edition introduces scientific and legal professionals to this issue and offers suggestions for reform.
US tort law, cloaked behind increased judicial review of science, is changing before our eyes yet we cannot see it. While Supreme Court decisions have altered how courts review scientific testimony, the complexity of both science and legal procedures mask the resulting social consequences. Yet these consequences are too important to remain hidden. Mistaken court reviews of scientific evidence can decrease citizen access to the law, decrease incentives for firms to test their products, lower deterrence for harmful products, and decrease the possibility of justice for citizens injured by toxic substances. Even if courts review evidence well, increases in litigation costs and attorney screening of clients can impede access to the law. Newly revised and expanded, Toxic Torts, 2nd edition introduces these issues, reveals the relationships that can deny citizens just restitution for harms suffered, and shows how justice can be improved in toxic tort cases.

Carl F. Cranor is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, a faculty member of the Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of California, Riverside, conducting research on science and the law. His books include Regulating Toxic Substances (1993) and Legally Poisoned (2011).

Preface; 1. The veil of science over tort law policy; 2. Legal background; 3. Institutional concerns about the Supreme Court's trilogy; 4. Evidence of toxicity; 5. Scientific reasoning and some applications; 6. Excellent evidence makes bad law: pragmatic barriers to the discovery of harm and fair admissibility; 7. Science and law in conflict; 8. Milward v. Acuity Specialty Products: toward clarifying legal and scientific issues; 9. Enhancing the possibility of justice under Daubert; 10. What has Daubert wrought?; Bibliography; Index.

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Zusatzinfo 1 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 740 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Besonderes Schuldrecht
ISBN-10 1-107-15196-1 / 1107151961
ISBN-13 978-1-107-15196-3 / 9781107151963
Zustand Neuware
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