Weather Modification: Technology and Law

ISBN-13: 9780367216276 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 124 str.

Ray Jay Davis

Opis

This dialogue between scientists and lawyers builds on the issues identified at the 1976 Conference on the Legal and Scientific Uncertainties of Weather Modification held at Duke University. It provides an in-depth consideration of the prospects for a usable weather modification technology in the near future and of the legal problems that will be r

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Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Scientific, Technological, Legal, and Political Uncertainties of Weather Modification -- Technological Prospects -- Operational Weather Modification Prospects -- Operational Weather Modification: Prospects -- Will Weather Modification Activities Increase? An Agricultural Perspective -- The Future of Weather Modification -- Legal Options -- Prospective Federal Legislation for Regulation of Weather Modification -- Uniform Regulation of Weather Modification -- Judicial Regulation of Weather Modification -- The Law for Weather Modification -- Societal and Scientific Criteria for Development -- Weather Modification in a Socioeconomic Context: Its Proper Setting -- The Societal Setting of Weather Modification Law and Technology -- Weather Modification: A Technology in Its Infancy -- Weather Modification: A User-Payer’s View -- Interaction of Scientists and Lawyers -- Interaction of Scientists and Lawyers About Weather Modification -- Legal and Technical Experts: The Weather Modification Context -- Effective Scientist-Lawyer Interaction: The Weather Modification Context -- Observations on This Symposium -- Concluding Remarks on Behalf of the American Association for the Advancement of Science -- Concluding Remarks on Behalf of the American Bar Association