Suing the gun industry
Subtitle: a battle at the crossroads of gun control and mass torts
By: Timothy D. Lytton, editor.
Contributors: Lytton, Timothy D., 1965-
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States; Torts -- United States; Class actions (Civil procedure) -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-396) and index.
Table of contents: title: A public health perspective on gun violence prevention / Julia Samia Mair, Stephen Teret, & Shannon Frattaroli; title: The limited importance of gun control from a criminological perspective / Don B. Kates; title: The American gun industry : designing & marketing increasingly lethal weapons / Tom Diaz; title: A cultural critique of gun litigation / Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, & John Gastil; title: Private lawyers, public lawsuits : plaintiffs' attorneys in municipal gun litigation / Howard M. Erichson; title: The NRA, the Brady campaign, & the politics of gun litigation / Timothy D. Lytton; title: Gun litigation in the mass tort context / Richard A. Nagareda; title: Comparing tobacco & gun litigation / Stephen D. Sugarman; title: Why regulating guns through litigation won't work / Peter H. Schuck; title: The complementary role of tort litigation in regulating the gun industry / Timothy D. Lytton; title: Stubborn information problems & the regulatory benefits of gun litigation / Wendy Wagner; title: Liability insurance & the regulation of firearms / Tom Baker & Thomas 0. Farrish; title: Gun litigation & the Constitution / Brannon P. Denning.