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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460277403321

Autore

Gifford Donald G. <1952->

Titolo

Suing the tobacco and lead pigment industries [[electronic resource] ] : government litigation as public health prescription / / Donald G. Gifford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-63880-7

9786612638800

0-472-02186-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Disciplina

346.7303/8

Soggetti

Products liability - United States

Products liability - Tobacco - United States

Lead based paint - Law and legislation - United States

Government litigation - United States

Class actions (Civil procedure) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The morning after the consumer century -- Product-caused diseases confront the law of the Iron Horse -- The first wave of challenges to the individual causation requirement -- The seeds of government-sponsored litigation -- A failure of democratic processes? : legislative responses to the public health problems caused by tobacco and lead pigment -- The government as plaintiff : parens patriae actions against tobacco and gun manufacturers -- Judicial rejection of recovery for collective harm : public nuisance and the Rhode Island paint litigation -- Do litigation remedies cure product-caused public health problems? -- Impersonating the legislature : state attorneys general and parens patriae products litigation.