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Full-Text Articles in Disaster Law
Disaggregating Disasters, Lisa Grow Sun, Ronnell Andersen Jones
Disaggregating Disasters, Lisa Grow Sun, Ronnell Andersen Jones
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In the years since the September 11 attacks, scholars and commentators have criticized the emergence of both legal developments and policy rhetoric that blur the lines between war and terrorism. Unrecognized, but equally as damaging to democratic ideals—and potentially more devastating in practical effect—is the expansion of this trend beyond the context of terrorism to a much wider field of nonwar emergencies. Indeed, in recent years, war and national security rhetoric has come to permeate the legal and policy conversations on a wide variety of natural and technological disasters. This melding of disaster and war for purposes of justifying exceptions …
The Compromised Cargo Container: Terror In A Box, Taylor Simpson-Wood
The Compromised Cargo Container: Terror In A Box, Taylor Simpson-Wood
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Small Business Disaster Assistance, Peggy Maisel, Natalie Roman
Small Business Disaster Assistance, Peggy Maisel, Natalie Roman
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When a disaster hits, it affects the entire community. A small business is especially vulnerable because it does not necessarily have the resources to respond to a disaster or to catastrophic damage. In fact, it is reported that approximately 25 percent of small businesses that close due to a disaster never reopen, and 40 percent of small businesses hit directly by a serious natural disaster do not recover. This is true regardless of what kind of disaster is involved, from a hurricane, a tornado, an earthquake, flooding, winter storms, or even civil unrest or terrorism.
Small businesses experience a number …