This book is about the complex relationship between fear, danger, and the law. Cass Sunstein argues that the precautionary principle is incoherent and potentially paralyzing, as risks exist on all sides of social situations and there is no 'general' precautionary principle as such. His insight into The Laws of Fear represents a major statement for the contemporary world from one of the most influential political and legal theorists writing today.
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This is a book about the complex relationship between fear, danger, and the law. Cass Sunstein looks afresh at the precautionary principle, and argues that in its strongest forms the precautionary principle is both incoherent and potentially paralysing, as risks exist on all sides of social situations, and that there is no 'general' precautionary principle as such. This is a very important insight for the contemporary world, and The Laws of Fear represents a major statement from one the most influential political and legal theorists writing today.
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Not a lawyer found the writing somewhat turgid and slow; on the other hand our decision making and valuation of life and risk is certainly not epistimic. Read just before the Black Swan which discusses risk from a different angle. For those involoved in lives with risks this is interesting reading
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- Choices, Values, and Frames by Daniel Kahneman on 4 pages
- Catastrophe: Risk and Response by Richard A. Posner on 4 pages
- The Perception of Risk (Earthscan Risk in Society) by Paul Slovic on 4 pages
- The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life by Joseph Ledoux in Front Matter, page 67, and page 69
- Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment by Thomas Gilovich on page 36, page 38, and page 92
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- The Politics of Good Intentions: History, Fear and Hypocrisy in the New World Order by David Runciman in Back Matter
- What's Wrong With Terrorism by Robert E. Goodin in Back Matter
- What's Wrong With Terrorism by Robert E. Goodin in Back Matter
- Radicals in Robes: Why Extreme Right-Wing Courts Are Wrong for America by Cass R. Sunstein in Front Matter
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