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Dust-up

Barnes, Jeb.

Dust-up asbestos litigation and the failure of common sense policy reform / [electronic resource] : Jeb Barnes. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (x, 138 p. :) ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-130) and index.

Today's challenging legislative environment and the politics of efficiency -- The asbestos crisis in the United States -- Asbestos litigation reform as a "likely" case for the politics of efficiency -- The puzzling politics of the Fair Act -- The asbestos case and the politics of efficiency -- The asbestos case, institutional change, and the judicialization of American policymaking.

9781589017863 1589017862




Law reform--United States.
Asbestos--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Damages--United States.
Products liability--Asbestos--United States.


Electronic books.

KF1297.A73 / B37 2011

344.04/6335