Disaster and Sociolegal Studies

<p>Disasters are treated as independent events external to law. However, social processes define the beginning, end and extent of those events for mitigation, adaptation and response and recovery; those processes include the mobilization of law by people and organizations. Within the sociolog...

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Main Author: Susan Sterett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2013-04-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://ssrn.com/abstract=2221275