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

• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (445 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.7303/8
• Soggetto topico: Firearms - Law and legislation - United States; Torts - United States; Class actions (Civil procedure) - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LyttonTimothy D. <1965->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Suing the gun industry
• ISBN: 9786612422768; 1-282-42276-6; 0-472-02180-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456569203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II