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Informationen zum Autor Carl F. Cranor is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, a faculty member of the Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of California, Riverside, conducting research on science and the law. His books include Regulating Toxic Substances (1993) and Legally Poisoned (2011). Klappentext Toxic Torts, 2nd edition shows how the American justice system underserves the public in its treatment of scientific evidence. Zusammenfassung In the United States! court reviews of scientific evidence greatly lag behind mainstream science! making it difficult for people wrongfully injured by chemical products to seek justice. Newly updated and expanded! this second edition introduces scientific and legal professionals to this issue and offers suggestions for reform. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The veil of science over tort law policy; 2. Legal background; 3. Institutional concerns about the Supreme Court's trilogy; 4. Evidence of toxicity; 5. Scientific reasoning and some applications; 6. Excellent evidence makes bad law: pragmatic barriers to the discovery of harm and fair admissibility; 7. Science and law in conflict; 8. Milward v. Acuity Specialty Products: toward clarifying legal and scientific issues; 9. Enhancing the possibility of justice under Daubert; 10. What has Daubert wrought?; Bibliography; Index.
