Suing the tobacco and lead pigment industries : government litigation as public health prescription / / Donald G. Gifford
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| Autore: |
Gifford Donald G. <1952->
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| Titolo: |
Suing the tobacco and lead pigment industries : government litigation as public health prescription / / Donald G. Gifford
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| Pubblicazione: | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 346.7303/8 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Suing the tobacco and lead pigment industries |
| ISBN: | 1-282-63880-7 |
| 9786612638800 | |
| 0-472-02186-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785170903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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