Dust-up [electronic resource] : asbestos litigation and the failure of commonsense policy reform / Jeb Barnes.
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2011.Description: x, 138 p. : illISBN:- 9781589017665 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1589017668 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781589017863 (e-book)
- 344.04/6335 22
- KF1297.A73 B37 2011eb
eBooks
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.