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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: New directions in liability law. New York : Academy of Political Science in conjunction with the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 1988 (OCoLC)767798274 |
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| 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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