Disaster Law

Edited by Daniel A. Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, US and Michael Faure, Professor, Maastricht University and Erasmus School of Law, the Netherlands and Chairman of the Flemish High Council of Environmental Enforcement (VHRM), Brussels, Belgium

The field of disaster law has witnessed a huge surge in interest over the past few years. Building widespread recognition of the shortcomings of legal systems faced with disasters, academics have increasingly turned their attention to exploring how these failings can be addressed. This volume is a carefully selected collection of essays which focus on the legal and economic aspects of disaster law and pays particular attention to the legalities of catastrophes. The editors have brought together seminal papers analysing how disasters, both natural and man-made, could be prevented and investigating the ways in which compensation for such events could be provided.

灾难的法律是一个开创性的文章的编译that explore the economic and policy issues that must be addressed by the law and by lawmakers grappling with the problem of disasters. . . This book provides a collection of some of the most noteworthy contributions to this field. The editors, Dan Farber and Michael Faure, seek to help us think more about what the law should be than about what it actually is. . . The pressure for reform of disaster law is growing. . . We can only hope that the policy debate to come will be informed by the understanding provided by reference works such as disaster law.’
– Ernest B. Abbott Esq., FEMA Law Associates, PLLC, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

‘By bringing together these groundbreaking papers on legal issues of disasters, Farber and Faure construe a proper research domain of “disaster law”. They convincingly juxtapose disaster prevention, mitigation, response, compensation and insurance. As a result, the editors show the intricate relationship between legal issues that were usually left isolated in the past.’
– Willem van Boom, Erasmus University, The Netherlands

‘This comprehensive survey of the emerging literature on the vital field of disaster law, compiled by the world’s leading expert on the subject, is as thoughtful as it is thorough.’
– Jim Chen, University of Louisville, US