Risk and the Legal System

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

DeLong, James V., author.

Conference Name:

Government/Industry Meeting & Exposition (1984-05-21 : Washington, District of Columbia, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1984

Summary:

This paper provides an overview of the way the legal system approaches problems of risks created by consumer products. It reviews the concepts applied by both the civil liability and the regulatory systems, and conveys some sense of how the law reached its present state. Its conclusion is that neither system has developed any coherent approach to determining acceptable levels of risk

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Publisher Number:

840871

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license