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Table Of Contents, Volume Four, Number Two, Spring 1993, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety (ISSN: 1073-8673).

[Introduction] The Science Court Is Dead - Long Live The Science Court, Thomas G. Field

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

[Excerpt] "It is a pleasure to introduce this symposium issue with its range of current thoughts about what Arthur Kantrowitz invented a little over twenty-five years ago and has since come to be known as the "Science Court." The pleasure is enhanced by being able to include papers by Dr. Kantrowitz, Allan Mazur (who worked closely with him), Carl Cranor, Itzhak Jacoby and Sheila Jasanoff - as well as an extensive list of citations to other discussions. In approaching these papers, readers may find it helpful to consider what Kantrowitz invented, he and others have attempted to improve, and the …

Products Liability Cases On Appeal: An Empirical Study, Theodore Eisenberg, James A. Henderson Jr.

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This article analyzes 1,100 opinions to find the determinants of products liability cases on appeal in state and federal courts. The strongest predictor of plaintiff success on appeal is whether the plaintiff prevailed in a jury trial. Other important factors are the defendant's status as manufacturer, wholesaler, or successor corporation; the plaintiffs degree of injury; and whether the case involved a failure-to-warn claim. The existence of a comparative negligence regime increases the tendency of appellate courts to affirm lower courts. These results allow rejection of a simple model in which pre- and posttrial settlement behavior filters out cases in which …

The Paradox Of Ideology, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

A standard problem with the objectivity of social scientific theory in particular is that it is either self-referential, in which case it seems to undermine itself as ideology, or self-excepting, which seem pragmatically self-refuting. Using the example of Marx and his theory of ideology, I show how self-referential theories that include themselves in their scope of explanation can be objective. Ideology may be roughly defined as belief distorted by class interest. I show how Marx thought that natural science was informed by class interest but not therefore necessarily ideology. Capitalists have an interest in understanding the natural world (to a …

The Kuril Islands Dispute: An Obstacle In Russo-Japanese Relations, Roderick J. Fraser Jr.

Theses and Major Papers

The controversy between Japan and Russia over the ownership of the Kuril Islands is a significant barrier to improved diplomatic relations in the Far Eastern region. Because of this dispute, Japan and Russia have not yet signed a peace treaty to formally end the second world war and neither side seems willing to make any significant concessions to reach a compromise. The issue of ownership of these islands has been a continuing focal point of Russo-Japanese relations since the two nations first made contact in the late eighteenth century. The various aspects of this dispute are complex and have continued …

Marine Safety And Pollution Prevention: The Role Of The Port State, Jonathan Douglas Sarubbi

Theses and Major Papers

This paper will examine the evolving role of the port State with regard to the enforcement of international safety of life at sea and pollution control standards and its effect on improving maritime safety and reducing vessel-source pollution. Chapter 2 will analyze the flag State enforcement regime, with particular emphasis on flags of convenience or open registries countries demonstrating the inadequacy of flag State enforcement and the need for port State control. Chapter 3 will examine the concept and legal requirements of the port State control regime. Chapter 4 will focus on the role of the port State with respect …

Discussion Paper: Managing For Ecosystems On The Public Lands, Sarah F. Bates, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Colorado Boulder. Western Lands Program

Books, Reports, and Studies

25 p. ; 28 cm

Discussion Paper: The Changing Economics Of The Public Lands, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Colorado Boulder. Western Lands Program

Books, Reports, and Studies

33 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm

Agricultural To Urban Water Transfers In Colorado: An Assessment Of The Issues And Options, Teresa A. Rice, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

iii, 82 p. ; 28 cm

Discussion Paper: State And Local Public Lands, Teresa A. Rice, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Colorado Boulder. Western Lands Program

Books, Reports, and Studies

36 p. ; 28 cm

Instream Flow Protection In The West, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Teresa A. Rice, Steven J. Shupe, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps ; 28 cm

POLICIES AND ISSUES: Recognizing the value of in-place uses of water in the West : an introduction to the laws, strategies and issues / Steven J. Shupe, Lawrence J. MacDonnell -- Instream flows : integrating new uses and new players into the prior appropriation system / Christopher H. Meyer -- People preserving rivers : the public and its changing role in protecting instream flows / Lori Potter -- Instream flows and the public trust / Harrison C. Dunning -- The federal role in in-place water protection / Lawrence J. MacDonnell, …

Searching Out The Headwaters: Change And Rediscovery In Western Water Policy, Sarah F. Bates, David H. Getches, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Charles F. Wilkinson

Books, Reports, and Studies

This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.

Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado’s Wise Law Library: http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b139018~S0

Contents: The West's Gordian Knot -- Water in a changing West -- Voices -- The West today -- River basin stories -- Losing sight of the headwaters -- The journey to rediscovery -- Change and rediscovery in western water -- History need not repeat itself -- Appendix : The language of water

Natural Resources Policy And Law: Trends And Directions, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Sarah F. Bates

Books, Reports, and Studies

This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.

Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado’s Wise Law Library: http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b143382~S0

Contents: Rethinking resources : reflections on a new generation of natural resources law and policy / Lawrence J. MacDonnell, Sarah F. Bates -- Natural resources law : an historical perspective / Clyde O. Martz -- Trends in public land law : (a title the inaccuracy of which should become manifest) / George Cameron Coggins -- Mineral law in the United States : a study in legal change …

Resource Law Notes Newsletter, No. 27, Winter Issue, Jan. 1993, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Resource Law Notes: The Newsletter of the Natural Resources Law Center (1984-2002)

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, Volume Four, Number One, Winter 1993, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety (ISSN: 1073-8673).

A-Hohfeld: A Language For Robust Structural Representation Of Knowledge In The Legal Domain To Build Interpretation-Assistance Expert Systems, Layman E. Allen, Charles S. Saxon

Book Chapters

The A-Hohfeld language is presented as a set of definitions; it can be used to precisely express legal norms. The usefulness of the AHohfeld language is illustrated in articulating 2560 alternative structural interpretations of the four-sentence 1982 Library Regulations of Imperial College and constructing an interpretation-assistance legal expert system for these regulations by means of the general-purpose Interpretation-Assistance legal expert system builder called MINT. The logical basis for A-Hohfeld is included as an appendix.

Implementation Of The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act In Pennsylvania: A Decade Later, John Dernbach

John C. Dernbach

No abstract provided.

The Other Ninety-Six Percent, John C. Dernbach

John C. Dernbach

No abstract provided.

The Global Environment Facility: Financing The Treaty Obligations Of Developing Nations, John C. Dernbach

John C. Dernbach

No abstract provided.