The casebook introduces students to the reasons for regulation, the ways in which regulation can go awry, the choice of legal institutions, the choice of regulatory instruments, and the art of statutory interpretation. The book uses several substantive subject areas as recurring themes, all involving the regulation of risk. The primary market for this casebook are law students taking a course on the Regulatory State; a secondary market may be found in schools of public policy.
The casebook introduces students to the reasons for regulation, the ways in which regulation can go awry, the choice of legal institutions, the choice...
As clinical as it sounds to express the value of human lives, health, or the environment in cold dollars and cents, cost-benefit analysis requires it. More disturbingly, this approach is being embraced by a growing number of politicians and conservative pundits as the most reasonable way to make many policy decisions regarding public health and the environment.
By systematically refuting the economic algorithms and illogical assumptions that cost-benefit analysts flaunt as fact, "Priceless" tells a gripping story about how solid science has been shoved to the backburner by bean counters...
As clinical as it sounds to express the value of human lives, health, or the environment in cold dollars and cents, cost-benefit analysis requires ...
Winston Harrington Lisa Heinzerling Richard D. Morgenstern
Over the years, considerable debate has emerged surrounding the use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to analyze and make recommendations for environmental and safety regulations. This work analyzes the use of CBA in three case studies: the Clean Air Interstate Rule, the Clean Air Mercury Rule, and the Cooling Water Intake Structure Rule (Phase II).
Over the years, considerable debate has emerged surrounding the use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to analyze and make recommendations for environment...
