Introduction | p. 1 |
The Tort System's Early Responses To Product-Caused Diseases | |
The Morning after the Consumer Century | p. 13 |
Product-Caused Diseases Confront the Law of the Iron Horse | p. 32 |
The First Wave of Challenges to the Individual Causation Requirement | p. 54 |
Public Products Litigation as a Response to Regulatory Failure | |
The Seeds of Government-Sponsored Litigation | p. 83 |
A Failure of Democratic Processes? Legislative Responses to the Public Health Problems Caused by Tobacco and Lead Pigment | p. 104 |
The Government as Plaintiff: Parens Patriae Actions against Tobacco and Gun Manufacturers | p. 120 |
Judicial Rejection of Recovery for Collective Harm: Public Nuisance and the Rhode Island Paint Litigation | p. 138 |
A Critique of Public Products Litigation | |
Do Litigation Remedies Cure Product-Caused Public Health Problems? | p. 171 |
Impersonating the Legislature: State Attorneys General and Parens Patriae Products Litigation | p. 192 |
Conclusion | p. 215 |
Notes | p. 231 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 281 |
Index | p. 299 |
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