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Dust-up [electronic resource] : asbestos litigation and the failure of commonsense policy reform / Jeb Barnes.

By: Barnes, Jeb.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2011Description: x, 138 p. : ill.Subject(s): Products liability -- Asbestos -- United States | Damages -- United States | Asbestos -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History | Law reform -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 344.04/6335 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Today's challenging legislative environment and the politics of efficiency -- The asbestos crisis in the United States -- Asbestos litigation reform as a "likely" case for the politics of efficiency -- The puzzling politics of the Fair Act -- The asbestos case and the politics of efficiency -- The asbestos case, institutional change, and the judicialization of American policymaking.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Today's challenging legislative environment and the politics of efficiency -- The asbestos crisis in the United States -- Asbestos litigation reform as a "likely" case for the politics of efficiency -- The puzzling politics of the Fair Act -- The asbestos case and the politics of efficiency -- The asbestos case, institutional change, and the judicialization of American policymaking.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.