Regulating Toxic Substances: A Philosophy of Science and the Law - Couverture rigide

Cranor, Carl F.

 
9780195074369: Regulating Toxic Substances: A Philosophy of Science and the Law
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 019507436X ISBN 13 : 9780195074369
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1993

Synopsis

This book in the philosophy of law and risk assessment is concerned with the topic is standards of evidence in legal proceedings and regulatory decisions about the toxicity of chemicals. Cranor argues that the scientific and statistical criteria usually used to determine whether substances are toxic are too rigorous and time-consuming for evidentiary purposes in tort cases and for regulation. The result is the under-regulation of toxic substances and the under-compensation of plaintiffs in tort cases. Cranor proposes the evidential standards now used should be evaluated with the purposes of the law in mind.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book in the philosophy of law and risk assessment is concerned with the topic is standards of evidence in legal proceedings and regulatory decisions about the toxicity of chemicals. Cranor argues that the scientific and statistical criteria usually used to determine whether substances are toxic are too rigorous and time-consuming for evidentiary purposes in tort cases and for regulation. The result is the under-regulation of toxic substances and the under-compensation of plaintiffs in tort cases. Cranor proposes the evidential standards now used should be evaluated with the purposes of the law in mind.

Revue de presse

will usefully introduce ... philosophically unsophisticated readers to some key normative and epistemological issues in environmental policy ... and will usefully introduce philosophical readers to both empirical and philosophical problems and issues in regulatory science". David Copp, University of California

The arguments it contains are important and original and should be heard (Judith Schwartzbaum, University of Tennessee)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
019507436X
ISBN 13 
9780195074369
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780195113785: Regulating Toxic Substances: A Philosophy of Science and the Law

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0195113780 ISBN 13 :  9780195113785
Editeur : Oxford University Press USA, 1993
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