Disaster Law Lauta Kristian Cedervall
Disaster Law Lauta Kristian Cedervall Disasters and their management are today central to public and political agendas. A disaster following an earthquake is no longer seen as caused exclusively by…
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Disaster Law Lauta Kristian Cedervall
Disasters and their management are today central to public and political agendas. A disaster following an earthquake is no longer seen as caused exclusively by tremors, but by poor building standards, ineffective response systems, or miscommunications.This book argues that the shift in how a disaster is spoken of and managed affects fundamental notions of duty, responsibility and justice. Rather than being understood as exclusively acts of God and Nature, natural disasters are increasingly analysed as social vulnerability exposed by natural hazards.
It argues that traditionally law has approached emergencies, including natural disasters, from a dichotomy of normalcy and emergency. The book considers the role of law in disasters and in particular the regulation of disaster response and the allocation of responsibility in the aftermath of disasters. In the state of emergency,