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Full-Text Articles in Disaster Law
Lessons From Hurricane Katrina: Prison Emergency Preparedness As A Constitutional Imperative, Ira P. Robbins
Lessons From Hurricane Katrina: Prison Emergency Preparedness As A Constitutional Imperative, Ira P. Robbins
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters ever to strike the United States, in terms of casualties, suffering, and financial cost. Often overlooked among Katrina s victims are the 8,000 inmates who were incarcerated at Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) when Katrina struck. Despite a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, these men and women, some of whom had been held on charges as insignificant as public intoxication, remained in the jail as the hurricane hit, and endured days of rising, toxic waters, a lack of food and drinking water, and a complete breakdown of order within OPP Wien the …
Mitigating Disaster: A Communitarian Response, Robert M. Ackerman
Mitigating Disaster: A Communitarian Response, Robert M. Ackerman
Law Faculty Research Publications
In this essay, I present a communitarian view as to how we might best respond to disaster, and in particular, to losses suffered by the direct victims of disaster. My focus will be on financial compensation to disaster victims, which admittedly occupies only a small part of the spectrum of disaster response. Emergency "first responder" activities are matters about which I have no expertise; volunteering at my local food bank hardly qualifies me to advise FEMA or the Red Cross. The blunders for which these organizations have recently been responsible are apparent, and so are some of their causes, but …
Disaster Basics: The Life Cycle Of A Disaster And The Role Of Conflict Resolution Professionals, Linda Baron
Disaster Basics: The Life Cycle Of A Disaster And The Role Of Conflict Resolution Professionals, Linda Baron
Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
When things go wrong, we call it a problem and mediators may be called in to help parties affected by the problem work things out. When things go terribly wrong, we call it a disaster, and conflict resolution professionals can use their experience, abilities, and skills to help the individuals, families, businesses, communities, and public agencies in the aftermath.
Disaster Mediation: Lessons In Conflict Coordination And Collaboration, Mel Rubin
Disaster Mediation: Lessons In Conflict Coordination And Collaboration, Mel Rubin
Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
All of us have been affected by disasters, either directly or indirectly. Although natural and manmade disasters have occurred throughout history, the size and scale of future disasters will surely reach regional, national and international proportions. Indeed, there is now and forevermore a disaster industry, in which Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) professionals will certainly play an important role.
Mediation: The Common Sense Solution To Solving The Myriad Choice Of Law Issues In Complex Aviation Accident Cases, Michael J. Holland
Mediation: The Common Sense Solution To Solving The Myriad Choice Of Law Issues In Complex Aviation Accident Cases, Michael J. Holland
Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
Six minutes after Swissair First Officer Stefan Loew advised Canadian air traffic control authorities that Swissair Flight 111 had declared an emergency, that electric power had been lost and that the crew was attempting to prepare the cabin for an emergency landing by using flashlights, Swissair Flight 111, an MD-11 aircraft, plunged into the Atlantic Ocean some nine miles off the coast of Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, resulting in the death of 215 passengers and 14 crewmembers abroad the ill-fated flight.