"State Energy & Environmental Impact Center, New York University School of Law." Statement of responsibility from page iii. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Volkswagen "Dieselgate" Clean Air Act settlement / by John C. Cruden & Joshua H. Van Eaton. Diethylstilbestrol and the birth of market-share liability / by Logan L. Page -- Complex achievement : the tobacco master settlement agreement / by Joelle M. Lester & Kerry Cork -- Response to vaccine immunity : the national Childhood Vaccine Injury Act and its consequences / by Hampden T. Macbeth -- Courts as policymakers : the uneven justice of asbestos mass tort litigation / by Sandra Nichols Thiam, Carol Adaire Jones, Cynthia R. Harris, & Samuel F. Koenig -- Superfund at 40 : unfulfilled expectations / by Katherine N. Probst -- Deepwater Horizon / by Elizabeth Klein -- Volkswagen "Dieselgate" Clean Air Act settlement / by John C. Cruden & Joshua H. Van Eaton.
Summary:
"The U.S. legal system was built to address predictable health and environmental injuries, but it can seize up when health or environmental crises combine legally confounding fact patterns with huge humanitarian and financial stakes. Because these crises present serious societal challenges that affect large slices of America, however, they must be addressed and resolved in an open, fair, and equitable fashion. [This book] describes the tools that advocates, judges, legislators, and policymakers have applied to address and resolve with varying levels of success seven major health and environmental crises of our time. From Diethylstilbestrol to Dieselgate, the seven crises provide a rich source of insights that should inform and guide how the legal system responds to future health and environmental crises including crises that already are on our doorstep, such as the opioid and climate crises"--Back cover.
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