Cover; Half Title; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Author; Introduction; Chapter 1: Different Cultures, Different Lenses; 1.1 A Line of Clash: Falsifiability and Propositions That Cannot Be Falsified; 1.2 Some Harmonizing Elements; 1.3 Ideology and Neutrality; Endnotes; Chapter 2: Various Approaches to Risk in the Legal System; 2.1 Effects of Law on Innovation; 2.2 The Precautionary Principle; Endnotes; Chapter 3: Institutional Background; 3.1 Constitutions; 3.2 Legislation; 3.3 Courts; 3.4 The Process; 3.4.1 Common Law: Judge-Made Law; 3.4.2 Reasoning by Analogy
3.4.3 Precedent3.5 Distinguishing Cases; 3.6 Adversary Procedure; 3.7 What Is "Truth" for Lawyers?; 3.8 The Role of Experts; Endnotes; Chapter 4: Regulation; 4.1 The Institutional Background; 4.2 Examples of Regulatory Statutes; 4.3 Rationales for Regulation; 4.4 Some Background on Representative Statutes; 4.5 Recurring Issues for Safety Regulation; Endnotes; Chapter 5: Tort Law Generally; 5.1 Defining Tort; 5.2 Rationales of Tort Law; 5.3 Products Liability; 5.3.1 Theories of Liability; 5.3.2 The Concept of Defect; 5.3.3 Damages; Endnotes
Chapter 6: Information about Risk and Assumption of RiskEndnotes; Chapter 7: Medical Malocurrences; 7.1 The Standard of Care; 7.2 Proving Violations of the Standard; 7.3 Expert Testimony; 7.4 Medical Consent; Endnotes; Chapter 8: The Duty/Proximate Cause Problem; Endnotes; Chapter 9: Scientific Evidence; Endnotes; Chapter 10: Tort Reform; 10.1 Rhetoric and Results; 10.2 Types of Laws; Endnotes; Chapter 11: Statutory Compensation Systems; 11.1 Workers' Compensation; 11.2 Traffic Injuries; 11.3 Medical Injuries; 11.4 Terror; 11.5 Oil on the Water; 11.6 Broad Scale Compensation Systems; Endnotes
