Disaster Law and Policy by Daniel A Farber

Disaster Law and Policy by Daniel A Farber

Disaster Law and Policy examines the growing field concerned with disaster prevention, emergency response, compensation andamp; insurance, human rights, and community recovery. The first book on disaster law to appear in the wake of Katrina, this fascinating text provides the key building blocks for a thoughtful analysis of the issues that surround disaster-relief policy and procedure.

Exploring the legal issues that surround Katrina and other natural disasters in the U.S. and around the world, Disaster Law and Policy, features:

• effective tools for legal analysis of issues emerging from disastrous events
• discussion problems and class exercises
• an interdisciplinary approach that combines law, public policy, economics, and science
• broad coverageand#8212;from environmental and land use law to insurance, tort law, and civil rights issues
• discussion of public expectations of government response in crisis, compared to actual government and private sector preparedness and capabilities
• examination of post disaster issues such as Medicaid, the role of environmental litigation, communications, law enforcement, evacuation, and the work of the Army Corps of Engineers on the levees in New Orleans

Adopting a wider perspective that looks at the legal ramifications of disasters across the United States and around the world, the Second Edition offers:

• a new chapter on the causes of disasters and their relationship to laws designed to protect health, safety, and the environment
• a new chapter on risk and uncertainty that examines the latest ideas to come out of economics, complexity theory, and organizational management
• a new chapter on international disaster law that looks at recent developments in disaster-risk management, the protection of human rights, and the preservation of ecosystem services
  • Coverage includes discussion of the 2005 Asian Tsunami, Chinaand#8217;s Sechuan Earthquake, and Cycloe Nargis in Mynamar/Burma
• a new chapter on recovery from disaster that features an extended class exercise

A unique and timely text in a burgeoning field, Disaster Law and Policy, Second Edition, is ideal for use in a seminar or a course on disaster issuesand#8212;or as a supplement in courses on environmental law or land use.

James Ming Chen holds the Justin Smith Morrill Chair in Law at Michigan State University, USA. He teaches, lectures, and writes widely on law, economics, and regulation. His books, Disaster Law and Policy and Postmodern Portfolio Theory, cover a broad range of issues concerning extreme events and risk management, from natural to financial disasters. He is of counsel to the Technology Law Group of Washington, D.C.; a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States; and an elected member of the American Law Institute. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School and a former editor of the Harvard Law Review, Chen also served as a clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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ISBN 13	9781454869252
ISBN 10	1454869259
Title	Disaster Law and Policy
Author	Daniel A Farber
Series	Aspen Select
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Wolters Kluwer Law And Business
Year published	2015-08-31
Number of pages	600
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.