Policymakers in the dock

[...] both public and private tort systems should affirm, or at least not contradict, the dominant moral values of the community. (To be sure, if the product is not a widget but a potentially life-saving drug, or the car trip is to the hospital or voting place, the social effects of the action will...

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Published in:Policy review (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2011-10 (169), p.63
Main Author: Schuck, Peter H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggressiveness
Analysis
Calculus
Complaints
Court Litigation
Decision making
Families & family life
Government Employees
Health Professions
Home Ownership
Injuries
Law
Legal fees
Liability
Medical Services
Money
Motor Vehicles
Official misconduct
Police
Public good
Public interest
Public officers
Public officials
Public Policy
Remedies
Risk aversion
Society
Tort law
Tort liability
Torts
Values
Victims of Crime
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Summary:[...] both public and private tort systems should affirm, or at least not contradict, the dominant moral values of the community. (To be sure, if the product is not a widget but a potentially life-saving drug, or the car trip is to the hospital or voting place, the social effects of the action will of course be that much greater and the difference between public and private stakes in the decision that much less.) Ordinarily, the social calculus will be quite different when the putative actor is a government official, especially the kind that political scientist Michael Lipsky aptly termed "street-level bureaucrats": police officers on the beat, schoolteachers, social workers, drug enforcement agents, and the like.
ISSN:0146-5945
2169-6802