Dust-up asbestos litigation and the failure of commonsense policy reform / [electronic resource] :
Jeb Barnes.
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2011.
- x, 138 p. : ill.
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.
Products liability--Asbestos--United States. Damages--United States. Asbestos--Law and legislation--History.--United States Law reform--United States.