When nature strikes
Subtitle: weather disasters and the law
By: Marsha L. Baum.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780275221294
Subjects: Natural disasters -- Law and legislation -- United States; Disaster relief -- Law and legislation -- United States; Crime and weather
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Weather forecasting and warning systems; title: "Taming the weather" through science and technology; title: Governmental liability for injuries to individuals; title: Civil liabilities for weather-related harm; title: Crime and weather; title: Weather and the justice system; title: Future of weather and the law.