Laws of Fear

Informationen zum Autor Cass Sunstein is Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence, Law School and Department of Political Science, University of Chicago. Zusammenfassung This is a book about the complex relationship between fear! danger! and the law! examining the many problems in what is known as 'the precautionary principle'. Laws of Fear represents a major statement from one of the most influential political and legal theorists writing today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Problems: 1. Precautions and paralysis; 2. Behind the precautionary principle; 3. Worst case scenarios; 4. Fear as wildfire; Part II. Solutions: 5. Reconstructing the precautionary principle - and managing fear; 6. Costs and benefits; 7. Democracy, rights, and distribution; 8. Libertarian paternalism with Richard Thaler; 9. Fear and liberty; A concluding note: fear and folly; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Cass Sunstein, Cass R. Sunstein, Cass R. (University of Chicago) Sunstein
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.03.2005
• EAN: 9780521848237
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84823-7
• Abmessung: 145 mm x 225 mm x 20 mm
• Serien: The Seeley Lectures; The Seeley Lectures
• Themen: Schule und Lernen > Unterrichtsvorbereitung > Berufliche Bildung; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung