Uncertain Risks Regulated: Facing the Unknown in National, Eu and International Law (Law, Science and Society) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844721620 ISBN 13: 9781844721627

Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish, 2008

Synopsis

Uncertain Risks Regulated compares various models of risk regulation in order to understand how these systems shape the relationship between law and science, and how they attempt to overcome public distrust in science-based decision-making. The book contributes to the ongoing debate relating to uncertainty and risks - and the difficulties faced by the European Union in particular - in regulating theses issues, taking account of both national and international constraints.

The term 'uncertain risk' is comparable with notions of hazard and indeterminate risk, as deployed within the social sciences; but it also aims to capture the modern regulatory reality that a non-quantifiable hazard must still be addressed by society, law and its regulators. Decisions must be taken in the face of uncertainty. And, whilst it is not possible to provide clear cut models of risk regulation, in focusing on regulatory practices at a national, EU and international level, the contributors to this volume aim to use fact finding as a core instrument of learning for risk regulation.

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About the Author

Michelle Everson is Professor of European Union Law at Birkbeck College, University of London. She has researched widely in the field of European Law and has particular interests in the areas of European regulatory law, European administrative and constitutional law and European citizenship.

Ellen Vos is Professor of European Union Law at the Law Faculty of Maastricht University. She has published extensively in the field of EU Law, institutional law (comitology and agencies), market integration and risk regulation (precautionary principle; food safety).

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844721620
• ISBN 13: 9781844721627
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 456
• Editor: Vos Ellen, Everson Michelle