03762nam 2200709 a 450 991081758240332120200520144314.00-7748-5151-110.59962/9780774851510(CKB)1000000000246749(OCoLC)180772844(OCoLC)607648525(CaPaEBR)ebrary10108802(SSID)ssj0000281312(PQKBManifestationID)11253955(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281312(PQKBWorkID)10307119(PQKB)11110189(CaBNvSL)jme00322200(CaPaEBR)404271(Au-PeEL)EBL3412049(CaPaEBR)ebr10113889(DE-B1597)662357(DE-B1597)9780774851510(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/z3sq3z(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404271(MiAaPQ)EBC3412049(EXLCZ)99100000000024674920051014d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLaw and risk /edited by the Law Commission of Canada1st ed.Vancouver UBC Pressc20051 online resource (219 p.)Legal dimensions series,1701-2317 ;4Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7748-1191-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-199) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- On Proof and Probability: Introduction to "Law and Risk" -- Use of Risk Assessments by Canadian Judges in the Determination of Dangerous and Long-Term Offender Status, 1997-2002 -- Shifting the Burden of Proof: The Precautionary Principle and Its Potential for the "Democratization" of Risk -- Legal Knowledges of Risks -- Evidentiary Principles with Respect to Judicial Review of Constitutionality: A Risk Management Perspective -- Integrating Values in Risk Analysis of Biomedical Research: The Case for Regulatory and Law Reform -- Contributors -- IndexThe study and practice of risk analysis, risk management, and the communication of risk has been the subject of heated debates. This is no less so when law is added to the mix. Despite the law's constant search for certainty, the concept of risk itself is inherently uncertain. From the precautionary principle to the role of research ethics boards, risk remains a value-laden term, difficult to define and even more difficult to address. This book looks at law and risk in a variety of contexts and provides insight into how courts use and interpret risk and how the law allocates risk, as well as examining the regulation of risky activities. To demonstrate the linkages between law and risk, the essays tackle some difficult topics, including dangerous offenders, sex offender notification, drug courts, genetic research, pesticide use, child pornography, and tobacco advertising. This careful consideration of whether the law adequately and appropriately responds to risk will be of interest to students and scholars of law and the social sciences, as well as to law practitioners and lawmakers.Legal dimensions series ;4.LawCanadaRisk assessmentCanadaRisk managementCanadaRisk communicationCanadaLawRisk assessmentRisk managementRisk communication349.71Law Commission of Canada.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817582403321Law and risk4198022UNINA