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" Suing the gun industry : "
Timothy D. Lytton, editor
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BL
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706641
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b528830
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| Title & Author
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Suing the gun industry : : a battle at the crossroads of gun control and mass torts /\ Timothy D. Lytton, editor
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| Publication Statement
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Ann Arbor :: University of Michigan Press,, c2005
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vi, 418 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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0472115103 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-396) and index
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| Contents
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A public health perspective on gun violence prevention / Julia Samia Mair, Stephen Teret, & Shannon Frattaroli -- The limited importance of gun control from a criminological perspective / Don B. Kates -- The American gun industry : designing & marketing increasingly lethal weapons / Tom Diaz -- A cultural critique of gun litigation / Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, & John Gastil -- Private lawyers, public lawsuits : plaintiffs' attorneys in municipal gun litigation / Howard M. Erichson -- The NRA, the Brady campaign, & the politics of gun litigation / Timothy D. Lytton -- Gun litigation in the mass tort context / Richard A. Nagareda -- Comparing tobacco and gun litigation / Stephen D. Sugarman -- Why regulating guns through litigation won't work / Peter H. Schuck -- The complementary role of tort litigation in regulating the gun industry / Timothy D. Lytton -- Stubborn information problems & the regulatory benefits of gun litigation / Wendy Wagner -- Liability insurance & the regulation of firearms / Tom Baker & Thomas 0. Farrish -- Gun litigation & the Constitution / Brannon P. Denning
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Class actions (Civil procedure)-- United States
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Firearms-- Law and legislation-- United States
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Torts-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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346.7303/8
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KF3941.S85 2005
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KF3941.S85 2005
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Lytton, Timothy D.,1965-
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