| Uncertain Risks Regulated compares various models of risk regulation in order
to understand how these systems shape the relationship between law and science,
and how they attempt to overcome public distrust in science-based
decision-making. The book contributes to the ongoing debate relating to
uncertainty and risks - and the difficulties faced by the European Union in
particular - in regulating theses issues, taking account of both national and
international constraints.
The term 'uncertain risk' is comparable with notions of hazard and
indeterminate risk, as deployed within the social sciences; but it also aims to
capture the modern regulatory reality that a non-quantifiable hazard must still
be addressed by society, law and its regulators. Decisions must be taken in
the face of uncertainty. And, whilst it is not possible to provide clear cut
models of risk regulation, in focusing on regulatory practices at a national,
EU and international level, the contributors to this volume aim to use fact
finding as a core instrument of learning for risk regulation. |
Joerges, Christian
2009
Oxon-New York: Routledge-Cavendish, 415- 426
in: Vos/Everson (eds.), Uncertain Risks Regulated
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