The Precautionary Principle In The 20th Century

Author : Paul Harremoes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134207786
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Precautionary Principle in the 20th Century written by Paul Harremoes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The precautionary principle is widely seen as fundamental to successful policies for sustainability. It has been cited in international courts and trade disputes between the USA and the EU, and invoked in a growing range of political debates. Understanding what it can and cannot achieve is therefore crucial. This volume looks back over the last century to examine the role the principle played or could have played, in a range of major and avoidable public disasters. From detailed investigation of how each disaster unfolded, what the impacts were and what measures were adopted, the authors draw lessons and establish criteria that could help to minimise the health and environmental risks of future technological, economic and policy innovations. This is an informative resource for all those from lawyers and policy-makers, to researchers and students needing to understand or apply the principle.

Author : Poul Harremoës
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1853838926
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Precautionary Principle in the 20th Century written by Poul Harremoës and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : European Environment Agency
Publisher : Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Late Lessons from Early Warnings written by European Environment Agency and published by Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. This book was released on 2001 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The precautionary principle is widely seen as fundamental to successful policies for sustainability. This title looks back over the last century to examine the role the principle played in a range of major and avoidable public disasters.

Author : Gary Elvin Marchant
Publisher : American Enterprise Institute
ISBN 13 : 9780844741895
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arbitrary and Capricious written by Gary Elvin Marchant and published by American Enterprise Institute. This book was released on 2004 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines how the European Union has used the precautionary principle in legal decisions.

Author : Daniel Steel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107078164
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy and the Precautionary Principle written by Daniel Steel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents and defends an interpretation of the precautionary principle from the perspective of philosophy of science.

Author : Joakim Zander
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 113949127X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Application of the Precautionary Principle in Practice written by Joakim Zander and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This overview of the role played by the precautionary principle in international trade law, European law and national law compares how precautionary considerations have been applied in the fields of pesticide regulation and the regulation of base stations for mobile telephones in Sweden, the UK and the US. A number of problems in the current application of the precautionary principle are identified and discussed. For example, it is shown that a firm reliance on a wide and open-ended precautionary principle may lead to problems with the consistency, foreseeability, effectiveness and efficiency of measures intended to reduce environmental or health risks. It is suggested that the precautionary principle indeed may be an important tool, but that in order to be acceptable it must be coupled with strong requirements on the performance of risk assessments, cost/benefit analyses and risk trade-off analyses.

Author : Elizabeth Charlotte Fisher
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1847201679
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Implementing the Precautionary Principle written by Elizabeth Charlotte Fisher and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This challenging book takes a broad and thought-provoking look at the precautionary principle and its implementation, or potential implementation, in a number of fields. In particular, the essays within the book explore the challenges faced by public decision-making processes when applying the precautionary principle, including its role in risk management and risk assessment. Frameworks for improved decision making are considered, followed by a detailed analysis of prospective applications of the precautionary principle in a number of emerging fields including: nanotechnology, climate change.

Author : Timothy O'Riordan
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 9781853832000
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interpreting the Precautionary Principle written by Timothy O'Riordan and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 1994 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Ralph B. Alexander
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1628943653
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science Under Attack written by Ralph B. Alexander and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evidence and logic are lacking in many areas of public debate today on hot-button issues ranging from dietary fat to vaccination. In Science Under Attack, Dr. Alexander shows how science is being abused, sidelined or ignored, making it difficult or impossible for the public to form a reasoned opinion about important issues. Readers will learn why science is becoming more corrupt, and also how it is being abused for political and economic gain, support of activism, or the propping up of religious beliefs. To illustrate how science is being ignored and abused, the author examines six different issues and the way they are currently discussed: evolution, dietary fat, climate change, vaccination, GMO crops and continental drift. In his research, he has gone back to the original source wherever possible rather than quoting second-hand sources, adding a degree of accuracy and nuance often missing. The controversial assertion that science does not support the conventional wisdom on climate change should be of particular interest. Alexander shows that the scientific evidence for a substantial human contribution to climate change is actually flimsy, and he demonstrates the fallacy of comparing the strong link between smoking and lung cancer to the much weaker connection between human activity and global warming.

Author : Simona Giordano
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526127695
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The freedom of scientific research written by Simona Giordano and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Never before have the scope and limits of scientific freedom been more important or more under attack. New science, from artificial intelligence to gene editing, creates unique opportunities for making the world a better place. It also presents unprecedented dangers. This book is about the opportunities and challenges – moral, regulatory and existential – that face both science and society. How are scientific developments impacting on human life and on the structure of societies? How is science regulated and how should it be regulated? Are there ethical boundaries to scientific developments in sensitive areas? Such are the questions that the book seeks to answer. Both the survival of humankind and the continued existence of our planet are at stake.