Format:
VIII, 429 S.
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graph. Darst.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource Cambridge books online
ISBN:
0521767385
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9780521767385
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1283378507
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9780511988554
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9781139189071
Content:
Nanotechnology is the wave of the future, and has already been incorporated into everything from toothpaste to socks to military equipment. The safety of nanotechnology for human health and the environment is a great unknown, however, and no legal system in the world has yet devised a way to reasonably address the uncertain risks of nanotechnology. To do so will require creating new legal institutions. This volume of essays by leading law scholars and social and physical scientists offers a range of views as to how such institutions should be formed. It is essential reading for anyone who may wonder how we can continue to innovate technologically in a way that both delivers the benefits and sustains human health and the environment.
Note:
Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; THE NANOTECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; PART I Introduction; 1 The Nanotechnology Challenge; WHY THE UNCERTAIN RISKS WARRANT ATTENTION; WHY NEW LEGAL INSTITUTIONS ARE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE UNCERTAIN RISKS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY; OUTLINE OF THIS VOLUME; 2 Five Myths about Nanotechnology in the Current Public Policy Debate: A Science and Engineering Perspective; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; What Are Nanomaterials?; What Is Nanotechnology?; What Is Nanotoxicology?; NANO-MYTHS REVISITED; IMPLICATIONS FOR REGULATION; REFERENCES
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PART II Public Perceptions of Nanotechnology Risks3 Public Acceptance and the Regulation of Emerging Technologies: The Role of Private Politics; THE EMERGENCE OF PRIVATE POLITICS; PRIVATE REGULATION; THE PRIVATE POLITICS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY; CREDIBILITY TRANSFER; CONCLUSION; 4 How Scientific Evidence Links Attitudes to Behaviors; NANOTECHNOLOGY ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS; EXPERIMENTAL PARTICIPANTS, PROCEDURE, AND DESIGN; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; Scores By Condition; REFERENCES; PART III Meeting the Nanotechnology Challenge by Creating New Legal Institutions
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5 Toward Risk-Based, Adaptive Regulatory DefinitionsTHE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND DEFINING NANOMATERIALS AND REGULATORY DEFINITIONS TO DATE; SCREENING CRITERIA AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF A DEFINITION; Size; A Long History of Production and Use; Intentionality/Engineered; Scope and Intensity of Intended Human Exposure; Physical Characteristics Other Than Size; Distinguishing among Nanomaterials; Regulatory Definition as Adaptive Management; CONCLUSION; 6 The Missing Market Instrument: Environmental Assurance Bonds andNanotechnology Regulation; I. UNCERTAINTY AND COMPLEXITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT
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Biophysical SystemsSocio-Legal Systems; II. UNCERTAINTY AND COMPLEXITY IN THE MIND; Rationality in Individual Choice36; Rationality in Social Choice; III. THE PROMISE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSURANCE BONDING; Symmetric Humility; Environmental Assurance Bonding; CONCLUSION; 7 Conditional Liability Relief as an Incentive for Precautionary Study; FRAMING THE NANOTECHNOLOGY PROBLEM; THE INFORMATION DEFICIT; THREE COMPONENTS OF A PRECAUTIONARY-STUDY APPROACH TO NANOTECHNOLOGY; Mandatory Testing and Monitoring Requirements; Public Funding; Voluntary Testing; MODELING MANUFACTURER DECISION MAKING
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AssumptionsVariables: Damages (D) and Standard of Liability (S); Probability of Detection/Attribution (P) and Research Costs (R); COMPARING THE EXPECTED COSTS OF THE FOUR OPTIONS; Period 1, Pre-Market Investment; Period 2, Post-Market Investment; Combining Pre- and Post-Market Research; Comparing the Research Options; DECREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF LIABILITY-DRIVEN AVOIDANCE OF POST-MARKET TESTING; WHICH PRODUCTS WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF VOLUNTARY TESTING?; Products Containing Identical or Substantially Identical Materials or Technology
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Producers of Products Containing the Same General Category of Potentially Risky Materials or Technology
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511988554
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521767385
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The nanotechnology challenge Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012 ISBN 9781107440043
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521767385
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
Keywords:
Nanotechnologie
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Risiko
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Recht
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511988554
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