Rescuing Science from Politics
Subtitle: Regulation and the Distortion of Scientific Research
Contributors: Wendy Wagner (Editor); Rena Steinzor (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780521540094
Subjects: Environmental science; International environmental law; Science/Mathematics; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Science; Science & Technology; Political Science / General; General; Essays; Law and legislation; Research; Science and law; Science and state; United States
First sentence: This book opens with four chapters that explain how interested parties have abused the legal system to threaten scientific independence, undermine the objectivity and therefore the integrity of research, and, in some cases, threaten the careers of individual scientists.