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Regulation Through Litigation »
Authors: W. Kip Viscusi
ISBN-13: 9780815706106, ISBN-10: 0815706103
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Date Published: July 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: W. Kip Viscusi
Book Synopsis
The contributors to this volume shed light on regulation through litigation in case studies involving tobacco, guns, lead paint, breast implants, and health maintenance organizations.
Table of Contents
| 1 | Overview | 1 |
| 2 | Tobacco: Regulation and Taxation through Litigation | 22 |
| Comment | 52 | |
| 3 | Litigation as Regulation: Firearms | 67 |
| Comment | 93 | |
| 4 | Litigating Lead-Based Paint Hazards | 106 |
| Comment | 136 | |
| 5 | Breast Implants: Regulation, Litigation, and Science | 142 |
| Comment | 178 | |
| 6 | Malpractice Pressure, Managed Care, and Physician Behavior | 183 |
| Comment | 205 | |
| 7 | The Insurance Effects of Regulation by Litigation | 212 |
| Comment | 233 | |
| 8 | The Regulatory Advantage of Class Action | 244 |
| Comment | 304 | |
| 9 | Implications for Legal Reform | 310 |
| Comment | 348 | |
| Contributors | 357 | |
| Index | 359 |
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