Risk Regulation and Administrative Constitutionalism

by Elizabeth Fisher

Book Overview

Over the last decade the regulatory evaluation of environmental and public health risks has been one of the most legally controversial areas of contemporary government activity. Much of that debate has been understood as a conflict between those promoting 'scientific' approaches to risk evaluation and those promoting 'democratic' approaches. This characterization of disputes has ignored the central roles of public administration and law in technological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849460884
• ISBN13: 9781849460880
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"