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Profile of the Group
The Risk Science & Law Specialty Group of the Society for Risk Analysis is a group of scientists, lawyers, and others interested in the interface between risk assessment and laws, regulations, and courtroom proceedings. The group’s goal is to "provide leadership in collaborative scientific and legal research and in identifying and illuminating issues that arise from risk-related legislative acts, regulatory rules, and judicial proceedings.
New Developments
In September 2000, the group initiated a major revision of its 1998 casebook and is soliciting help. If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Wendy Wagner at Wagner9@attglobal.net. The project will be completed in late October 2000.
In October 2000, the group published the full text of its 1998 casebook online (see menu). Selected excerpts from the 1999-2000 casebook also are online.
Major Projects & Activities
One of the group's major projects is its online casebook of risk-based legal decisions, which is ongoing and cumulative. The group's goal is to collect and synopsize the key cases that involved risk analysis and to organize and present them so they are more accessible and useful to legal and scientific risk practitioners. The Casebook incorporates the currently "hot" risk-related cases along with key historical cases. Go to Casebook.
The group also holds sessions and workshops at the annual meeting of the Society of Risk Analysis, which usually is held in December. For more information on this year's meeting, visit SRA's web site.
News Articles
Below is a listing of news articles published in RiskWorld regarding the activities of the Society for Risk Analysis' Risk Science and Law Specialty Group:
Risk Science and Law Group To Hold Sessions on Risk in the Courtroom and Regulatory Reform
Profile of Founder Wayne Roth-Nelson of the Risk Science & Law Specialty Group
Risk Science and Law Panel Weighs Regulatory Reform Bill
What Risk Analysts Should Know About Judicial Review
Interface Between Risk, Law Is Focus of New Group
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