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Access To Courts And Preemption Of State Remedies In Collective Action Perspective, Robert L. Glicksman, Richard E. Levy
Access To Courts And Preemption Of State Remedies In Collective Action Perspective, Robert L. Glicksman, Richard E. Levy
Robert L. Glicksman
Preemption of common law remedies for individual injuries such as harm to health raises fundamental questions about the proper allocation of authority between the federal and state governments and about the role of courts in interpreting statutes and providing remedies for those who suffer injuries. Developing a workable framework for analyzing what we call “remedial preemption” issues can help to ensure an appropriate accommodation of the federal and state interests at stake and promote consistent application of preemption doctrine to state judicial remedies.
This article applies a “collective action” framework for preemption analysis to the issue of remedial preemption. Our …