Liability

Contributors

By Peter W. Huber

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Jul 18, 1990
Page Count
272 pages
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-13
9780465039197

Price

$19.99

Price

$25.99 CAD

Format

Trade Paperback

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Trade Paperback $19.99 $25.99 CAD

This controversial book describes the transformation of modern tort law since the 1960s, and shows how the dramatic increase in liability lawsuits has had an adverse effect on the safety, health, the cost of insurance, and individual rights.

Peter W. Huber

About the Author

Peter Huber is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Legal Policy, where he specializes in issues related to technology, science, and law. His previous books include Hard Green, Liability, and Galileo’s Revenge. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Peter W. Huber, an M.I.T.-trained engineer and a Harvard law graduate, has also taught at M.I.T. and formerly clerked for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. A Manhattan Institute Fellow, he lives in Washington, D.C.

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