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Author Gaskins, Richard H.

Title Environmental accidents : personal injury and public responsibility / Richard H. Gaskins.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1989.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  346.7303 G248E    Check Shelf
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Contents Part One: Accidents as events: Individual and social framework -- Prologue: What is an accident? -- 1. The evolution of tort law as public policy -- 2. The challenge of environmental accidents -- Part Two: Reinforcing individualism: Interest-group politics, economic theory, and moral philiosophy -- 3. Tort law and the politics of pluralism -- 4. The economic approach to accidents -- 5. Normative frameworks for accident policy -- Part Three: Institutional options: Recent trends in American policy -- 6. Judicial self-reform -- 7. Tort law under legislative review -- 8. Federal responsibility: Some common-law fictions -- 9. Administrative compensation systems -- Part Four: Comprehensive accident policies -- 10. The public responsibility model -- 11. Comparative policy perspectives.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: page
Subject Liability for environmental damages -- United States.
Personal injuries -- United States.
Accident law -- United States.
Accidents -- United States.
ISBN 0877226091
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