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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marsha L Baum |
| ISBN: | 9780275221294 0275221296 |
| OCLC Number: | 123232252 |
| Description: | xiii, 227 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Why weather and law -- 1. Weather forecasting and warning systems -- Recording weather data -- The development of the National Weather Service -- Forecasting the weather -- Warning systems -- Conclusion -- 2. "Taming the weather" through science and technology -- Incentives to develop new technology -- Attempts to ignore the weather's effects -- Attempts to change the weather -- Conclusion -- 3. Governmental liability for injury to individuals -- Faulty forecasts or failure to warn -- Streets, highways, and sidewalks -- Shelter from the storm -- Conclusion -- 4. Civil liabilities for weather-related harm -- Law and civil liability -- The rugby match : the result -- Liability of coaches for athlete deaths -- Liability for faulty forecasts -- Liability for failure to warn of dangerous weather -- Motor vehicle accidents and the weather -- Weather as excuse in contracts -- Conclusion -- 5. Crime and weather -- Crimes following a weather disaster -- Weather as an instrument of crime -- "The weather made me do it" : weather as criminal defense -- Conclusion -- 6. Weather and the justice system -- Criminal justice -- Weather as evidence -- Weather's impact on access to justice -- Conclusion -- 7. Future of weather and the law -- Globalization of weather law -- Causes of action -- History repeating itself -- Notes -- Glossary of weather terms -- Selected bibliography -- Table of cases -- Table of Federal statutes and proposed legislation -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Marsha L. Baum. |
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