Disasters and their management are today central to public and political agendas. Rather than being understood as exclusively acts of God and Nature, natural di

Disaster Law and Policy examines the growing field concerned with disaster prevention, emergency response, compensation and& insurance, human rights, and commun

Disasters raise serious challenges for contemporary legal orders: they demand significant management, but usually amidst massive disruption to the normal functi

Deals with important social-science issues of law and legal control pertaining to disasters and hazards in a variety of contexts. This title includes: legal con

This book argues that the international community has a moral duty to intervene on behalf of a population affected by a natural hazard when their government is