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New directions in liability law

Author: Walter K Olson; Academy of Political Science (U.S.); Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
Publisher: New York : Academy of Political Science in conjunction with the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 1988.
Series: Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, v. 37, no. 1.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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New directions in liability law.
New York : Academy of Political Science in conjunction with the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 1988
(OCoLC)767798274
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Walter K Olson; Academy of Political Science (U.S.); Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
OCLC Number: 18509682
Notes: Chiefly papers presented at a conference held on Nov. 10, 1987 at Columbia University and sponsored by the Academy of Political Science and the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
Description: x, 214 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: The liability revolution / Walter Olsen --
The New judicial ideology of tort law / Peter H. Schuck --
Beyond the litigation panic / Marc Galanter --
The crisis is injuries, not liability / Richard L. Abel --
Overdeterrence and the problem of comparative risk / Walter Olson --
The Causes of the insurance crisis / Kenneth S. Abraham --
Directors' and officers' liability insurance : what went wrong? / Roberta Romano --
Not-for-profit organizations and the liability crisis / Frank J. Macchiarola --
A Choice-of-law approach to products-liability reform / Michael W. McConnell --
Can Washington repair the tort system? / Edmund W. Kitch --
Where the lines have held : tort claims against the Federal government / Jeremy Rabkin --
Compensating workplace toxic torts / W. Kip Viscusi --
Forum-shopping, forum-skipping, and the problems of international competitiveness / Douglas J. Besharov --
Knowledge of the law is no excuse / Peter Huber --
Alternative dispute resolution : wrong solution, wrong problem / Austin Sarat --
A regulated market in unmatured Tort claims: Tort reform by contract / Robert Cooter and Stephen D. Sugarman --
Neo-no-fault : a fair exchange proposal for tort reform / Jeffrey O' Connell --
Understanding the liability crisis / George L. Priest.
Series Title: Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, v. 37, no. 1.
Responsibility: edited by Walter Olson.

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