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

Contributor(s): Lytton, Timothy D, 1965- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2005Description: vi, 418 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States | Torts -- United States | Class actions (Civil procedure) -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 346.7303/8 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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