The Role of Law in Engineering 'Natural' Disasters

What people perceive as “natural disasters” typically take place when extractive industries operate at levels high enough that the ecological systems from which they draw resources lose their ability to buffer transient shocks, whether of environmental or technological origin. Legal institutions wh...

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Main Author: Arthur F McEvoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2012-10-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/188
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