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Author:
Cranor, Carl F., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91127988
Title:
Toxic torts : science, law, and the possibility of justice / Carl F. Cranor, University of California, Riverside.
Edition:
Second edition.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xx, 409 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Toxic torts--United States.
Hazardous substances--Law and legislation--United States.
Chemicals--Law and legislation--United States.
Chemicals--Law and legislation.
Hazardous substances--Law and legislation.
Toxic torts.
United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-401) and index.
Contents:
The veil of science over tort law policy -- Legal background -- Institutional concerns about the Supreme Court's trilogy -- Evidence of toxicity -- Scientific reasoning and some applications -- Excellent evidence makes bad law : pragmatic barriers to the discovery of harm and fair admissibility decisions -- Science and law in conflict -- Milward v. Acuity Specialty Products : toward clarifying legal and scientific issues -- Enhancing the possibility of justice under Daubert -- What has Daubert wrought?
ISBN:
1107151961
9781107151963
OCLC:
(OCoLC)929985356
LCCN:
2015045379
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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