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Disaster Law and Policy by Daniel A. Farber, Robert Verchick, Jim Chen and Lisa Sun (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
ISBN-100735588341
ISBN-139780735588349
eBay Product ID (ePID)80539930
Product Key Features
Number of Pages496 Pages
Publication NameDisaster Law and Policy
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
SubjectNatural Disasters, Insurance / Casualty, Legal Education, General, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Emergency Management, Public Policy / Regional Planning
TypeTextbook
AuthorDaniel A. Farber, Robert Verchick, Jim Chen, Lisa Sun
Subject AreaNature, Law, Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Business & Economics
FormatTrade Paperback
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2009-049655
Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition
SynopsisDisaster Law and Policy examines the growing field concerned with disaster prevention, emergency response, compensation & insurance, human rights, and community recovery. The first book on disaster law to appear in the wake of Katrina, this fascinating text provides the key building blocks for a thoughtful analysis of the issues that surround disaster-relief policy and procedure., Disaster Law and Policy examines the growing field concerned with disaster prevention, emergency response, compensation & insurance, human rights, and community recovery. The first book on disaster law to appear in the wake of Katrina, this fascinating text provides the key building blocks for a thoughtful analysis of the issues that surround disaster-relief policy and procedure. Exploring the legal issues that surround Katrina and other natural disasters in the U.S. and around the world, Disaster Law and Policy, features: effective tools for legal analysis of issues emerging from disastrous events discussion problems and class exercises an interdisciplinary approach that combines law, public policy, economics, and science broad coverage--from environmental and land use law to insurance, tort law, and civil rights issues discussion of public expectations of government response in crisis, compared to actual government and private sector preparedness and capabilities examination of post disaster issues such as Medicaid, the role of environmental litigation, communications, law enforcement, evacuation, and the work of the Army Corps of Engineers on the levees in New Orleans Adopting a broad perspective that looks at the legal ramifications of disasters across the United States and around the world, the Second Edition offers: a new chapter on the causes of disasters and their relationship to laws designed to protect health, safety, and the environment a new chapter on risk and uncertainty that examines the latest ideas to come out of economics, complexity theory, and organizational management a new chapter on international disaster law that looks at recent developments in disaster-risk management, the protection of human rights, and the preservation of ecosystem services Coverage includes discussion of the 2005 Asian Tsunami, China's Sechuan Earthquake, and Cycloe Nargis in Mynamar/Burma a new chapter on recovery from disaster that features an extended class exercise A unique and timely text in a burgeoning field, Disaster Law and Policy, Second Edition, is ideal for use in a seminar or a course on disaster issues--or as a supplement in courses on environmental law or land use.
LC Classification NumberKF3750.F37 2010
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