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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456569203321

Titolo

Suing the gun industry [[electronic resource] ] : a battle at the crossroads of gun control and mass torts / / Timothy D. Lytton, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2005

ISBN

9786612422768

1-282-42276-6

0-472-02180-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (445 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LyttonTimothy D. <1965->

Disciplina

346.7303/8

Soggetti

Firearms - Law and legislation - United States

Torts - United States

Class actions (Civil procedure) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A public health perspective on gun violence prevention / Julie Samia Mair, Stephen Teret, & Shannon Frattaroli -- The limited importance of gun control from a criminological perspective / Don B. Kates -- The American gun industry : designing and marketing increasingly lethal weapons / Tom Diaz -- A cultural critique of gun litigation / Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, and John Gastil -- Private lawyers, public lawsuits : plaintiffs' attorneys in municipal gun litigation / Howard M. Erichson -- The NRA, the Brady campaign, and the politics of gun litigation / Timothy D. Lytton -- Gun litigation in the mass tort context / Richard A. Nagareda -- Comparing tobacco and gun litigation / Stephen D. Sugarman -- Why regulating guns through litigation won't work / Peter H. Schuck -- The complementary role of tort litigation in regulating the gun industry / Timothy D. Lytton -- Stubborn information problems and the regulatory benefits of gun litigation / Wendy Wagner -- Liability insurance and the regulation of firearms / Tom Baker and Thomas 0. Farrish -- Gun litigation and the constitution / Brannon P. Denning.