Toxic Torts Science, Law and the Possibility of Justice

Name: Toxic Torts Science, Law and the Possibility of Justice
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ISBN: 9780521728409

ISBN-10: 0521728401

ISBN-13: 9780521728409

Edition: 2008

Authors: Carl F. Cranor

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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…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Carl F. Cranor is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Faculty Member of the Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program at the University of California, Riverside.




The veil of science over Tort Law policy



Legal background



Institutional concerns about the Supreme Court's triology



The science of toxicity and reasoning about causation



Excellent evidence makes bad law: pragmatic barriers to the discovery of harm and fair admissibility decisions



Science and law in conflict



Improving legal protections under Daubert


Is Daubert the solution?


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