Laws of Fear
Beyond the Precautionary Principle
What is the relationship between fear, danger, and the law? Cass Sunstein attacks the increasingly influential Precautionary Principle - the idea that regulators should take steps to protect against potential harms, even if causal chains are uncertain and even if we do not know that harms are likely to come to fruition. Focusing on such problems as global warming, terrorism, DDT, and genetic engineering, Professor Sunstein argues that the Precautionary Principle is incoherent. Risks exist on all sides of social situations, and precautionary steps create dangers of their own. Diverse cultures focus on very different risks, often because social…
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- ISBN: 978-0-511-11024-5
- EAN: 9780511110245
- Produktnummer: 13817747
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'747 KB
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