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Toxic Torts: Science, Law and the Possibility of Justice Book

This book examines the intersection of science and law in tort cases.Read More

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  • Book Description

    This book provides an informed perspective of scientific inference and reasoning on the institution of the law, judges' struggles with science, and how this decreases the possibility of justice for ordinary citizens harmed by toxic substances.

  • Product Description

    The U.S. tort, or personal injury law, cloaked behind increased judicial review of science, is changing before our eyes, except we cannot see it. U.S. Supreme Court decisions beginning with Daubert v. Merrell-Dow Pharmaceutical altered how courts review scientific testimony and its foundation in the law. The complexity of both science and the law mask the overall social consequences of these decisions. Yet they are too important to remain hidden. Mistaken reviews of scientific evidence can decrease citizen access to the law, increase incentives for firms not to test their products, lower deterrence for wrongful conduct and harmful products, and decrease the possibility of justice for citizens injured by toxic substances. Even if courts review evidence well, greater judicial scrutiny increases litigation costs and attorney screening of clients, and decreases citizens' access to the law. This book introduces these issues, reveals the relationships that can deny citizens just restitution for harms suffered, and shows how justice can be enhanced in toxic tort cases.

  • 0521728401
  • 9780521728409
  • Carl F. Cranor
  • 21 January 2008
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 416
  • 1
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