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dc.contributor.author | Eburn, Michael Ernest | en |
local.source.editor | Editor(s): Carol Stewart, Kirsten Finnis | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-07-20T16:02:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Conference Proceedings: 1st Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference: from warnings to response and recovery | en |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9780478099928 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1177-2441 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/1977 | - |
dc.description.abstract | It has been argued that imposing liability on authorities for failure to adequately prepare or warn a community of impending disaster will encourage authorities to ensure that relevant, adequate and timely warnings are given to communities, and to hold them accountable if they are not. On the other hand, fear of legal liability may well encourage authorities to 'over warn' or practice 'defensive warning' (ie give too many warnings to ensure that they can not be criticized for failing to predict an adverse event) or fail to issue warnings at all. This paper will consider, in the Australian context, the potential liability of those involved in communicating risk information and warnings to the community. The paper will examine the potential liability for failure to warn of natural hazards as well as arguments for and against imposing liability in tort for any alleged failure. It will be argued that although accountability mechanisms are important, reliance on tort (or fault based litigation) is not the most appropriate means to achieve that end. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | GNS Science | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Conference Proceedings: 1st Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference: from warnings to response and recovery | en |
dc.title | Tort liability for failure to warn of natural hazards - a threat to community resilience | en |
dc.type | Conference Publication | en |
dc.relation.conference | ANHMC 2007: 1st Australasian Natrual Hazards Management Conference: from warnings to response and recovery | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Tort Law | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Michael Ernest | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 180126 Tort Law | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 940499 Justice and the Law not elsewhere classified | en |
local.profile.school | School of Law | en |
local.profile.email | meburn@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | E2 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | pes:6231 | en |
local.date.conference | 1st - 5th July, 2007 | en |
local.conference.place | Brisbane, Australia | en |
local.publisher.place | Brisbane, Australia | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Eburn | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:meburn | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:2043 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Tort liability for failure to warn of natural hazards - a threat to community resilience | en |
local.output.categorydescription | E2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | en |
local.relation.url | http://www.hazardseducation.org/conference/2007/14-Eburn_TortLiability.pdf | en |
local.relation.url | http://www.hazardseducation.org/conference/2007/index.php | en |
local.conference.details | ANHMC 2007: 1st Australasian Natrual Hazards Management Conference: from warnings to response and recovery, Brisbane, Australia, 1at - 5th July, 2007 | en |
local.search.author | Eburn, Michael Ernest | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.year.published | 2007 | en |
local.date.start | 2007-07-01 | - |
local.date.end | 2007-07-05 | - |
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