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9781933115856

The Reality of Precaution

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    9781933115856

  • ISBN10:

    1933115858

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-10-30
  • Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

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Summary

The "Precautionary Principle" has sparked the central controversy over European and U.S. risk regulation. The Reality of Precaution is the most comprehensive study to go beyond precaution as an abstract principle and test its reality in practice. This groundbreaking resource combines detailed case studies of a wide array of risks to health, safety, environment and security; a broad quantitative analysis; and cross-cutting chapters on politics, law, and perceptions. The authors rebut the rhetoric of conflicting European and American approaches to risk, and show that the reality has been the selective application of precaution to particular risks on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as a constructive exchange of policy ideas toward "better regulation." The book offers a new view of precaution, regulatory reform, comparative analysis, and transatlantic relations.

Author Biography

Jonathan B. Wiener is Perkins Professor of Law, Environmental Policy, and Public Policy at Duke University, and a University Fellow at RFF. Michael D. Rogers is an independent consultant on risk, science, and ethics, and a former member of the Bureau of European Policy Advisers reporting to the President of the European Commission. James K. Hammitt is Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences at Harvard University, and at the Toulouse School of Economics. Peter H. Sand is Lecturer in International Environmental Law at the University of Munich.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. xi
Contributorsp. xiii
Introduction
The Rhetoric of Precautionp. 3
Case Studies of Relative Precaution Regarding Specific Risks
Genetically Modified Foods and Cropsp. 39
Beef, Hormones, and Mad Cowsp. 65
Tobaccop. 91
Nuclear Powerp. 121
Automobile Emissionsp. 142
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Global Climate Changep. 159
The Marine Environmentp. 177
Biodiversity Conservationp. 201
Chemicalsp. 223
Medical Errors, New Drug Approval, and Patient Safetyp. 257
Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destructionp. 285
Precaution in Risk Information Systems
Information Disclosurep. 323
Frameworks for Risk Assessment, Uncertainty, and Precautionp. 361
A Broader Empirical Test of Relative Precaution
A Quantitative Comparison of Relative Precaution in the United States and Europe, 1970-2004p. 377
Can We Explain the Observed Pattern of Precaution?
Political Institutions and the Principle of Precautionp. 411
Legal and Administrative Systems: Implications for Precautionary Regulationp. 434
Risk Perceptions and Risk Attitudes in the United States and Europep. 480
Precautions against What? Perceptions, Heuristics, and Culturep. 492
Conclusions
The Real Pattern of Precautionp. 519
Acknowledgmentsp. 567
Indexp. 571
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