Suing the gun industry : a battle at the crossroads of gun control and mass torts / Timothy D. Lytton, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lytton, Timothy D., 1965-

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.

Firearms.

Torts--United States.

Torts.

Class actions (Civil procedure)--United States.

Class actions (Civil procedure).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Mass tort litigation against the gun industry, with its practical weaknesses, successes, and goals, provides the framework for this collection of thoughtful essays by leading social scientists, lawyers, and academics. . . . These informed analyses reveal the complexities that make the debate so difficult to resolve. . . . Suing the Gun Industry masterfully reveals the many details contributing to the intractability of the gun debate." - New York Law Journal "Second Amendment advocate or gun-control fanatic, all Americans who care about freedom need to read Suing the Gun Industry ." -Bob Barr, Member of Congress, 1995-2003, and Twenty-First Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy, American Conservative Union " The source for anyone interested in a balanced analysis of the lawsuits against the gun industry." -David Hemenway, Professor of Health Policy & Director, Harvard Injury Control Research Center Harvard School of Public Health Health Policy and Management Department, author of Private Guns, Public Health "Highly readable, comprehensive, well-balanced. It contains everything you need to know, and on all sides, about the wave of lawsuits against U.S. gun manufacturers." -James B. Jacobs, Warren E. Burger Professor of Law and author of Can Gun Control Work? "In Suing the Gun Industry , Timothy Lytton has assembled some of the leading scholars and advocates, both pro and con, to analyze this fascinating effort to circumvent the well-known political obstacles to more effective gun control. This fine book offers a briefing on both the substance and the legal process of this wave of lawsuits, together with a better understanding of the future prospects for this type of litigation vis-a-vis other industries." -Philip J. Cook, Duke University "An interesting collection, generally representing the center of the gun-control debate, with considerable variation in focus, objectivity, and political realism." -Paul Blackman, retired pro-gun criminologist and advocate Gun litigation deserves a closer look amid the lessons learned from decades of legal action against the makers of asbestos, Agent Orange, silicone breast implants, and tobacco products, among others. Suing the Gun Industry collects the diverse and often conflicting opinions of an outstanding cast of specialists in law, public health, public policy, and criminology and distills them into a complete picture of the intricacies of gun litigation and its repercussions for gun control. Using multiple perspectives, Suing the Gun Industry scrutinizes legal action against the gun industry. Such a broad approach highlights the role of this litigation within two larger controversies: one over government efforts to reduce gun violence, and the other over the use of mass torts to regulate unpopular industries. Readers will find Suing the Gun Industry a timely and accessible picture of these complex and controversial issues. Contributors: Tom Baker Donald Braman Brannon P. Denning Tom Diaz Howard M. Erichson Thomas O. Farrish Shannon Frattaroli John Gastil Dan M. Kahan Don B. Kates Timothy D. Lytton Julie Samia Mair Richard A. Nagareda Peter H. Schuck Stephen D. Sugarman Stephen Teret Wendy Wagner "

Contents:

A public health perspective on gun violence prevention / Julie Samia Mair, Stephen Teret, & Shannon Frattaroli

The limited importance of gun control from a criminological perspective / Don B. Kates

The American gun industry : designing and marketing increasingly lethal weapons / Tom Diaz

A cultural critique of gun litigation / Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, and John Gastil

Private lawyers, public lawsuits : plaintiffs' attorneys in municipal gun litigation / Howard M. Erichson

The NRA, the Brady campaign, and the politics of gun litigation / Timothy D. Lytton

Gun litigation in the mass tort context / Richard A. Nagareda

Comparing tobacco and gun litigation / Stephen D. Sugarman

Why regulating guns through litigation won't work / Peter H. Schuck

The complementary role of tort litigation in regulating the gun industry / Timothy D. Lytton

Stubborn information problems and the regulatory benefits of gun litigation / Wendy Wagner

Liability insurance and the regulation of firearms / Tom Baker and Thomas 0. Farrish

Gun litigation and the constitution / Brannon P. Denning.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786612422768

9781282422766

1282422766

9780472021802

047202180X

OCLC:

427511068