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category: Social Science
published: Oct 2007
ISBN:9780774851510
publisher: UBC Press

Law and Risk

by Law Commission of Canada

tagged: criminology, sentencing, judicial power
Description

This book looks at law and risk in a variety of contexts and provides insight into how courts use and interpret risk and how the law allocates risk, as well as examining the regulation of risky activities. To demonstrate the linkages between law and risk, the essays tackle some difficult topics, including dangerous offenders, sex offender notification, drug courts, genetic research, pesticide use, child pornography, and tobacco advertising.

 

About the Author

Law Commission of Canada

Contributor Notes

The Law Commission of Canada is an independent federal law reform agency that advises Parliament how to improve and modernize Canada’s laws.

Editorial Review

This in-depth collection highlights the complexities and problems association with legislating and prosecuting offences based on risk ... This collection provides a very persuasive and analytical discussion in an area of emerging significance ... in highlighting the competing values in this area, the authors generate discussion which will hopefully prompt a movement towards a more coherent and workable approach to risk in law.

— Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 69, 2006

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