Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-213) and index.
Contents
Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Why weather and law -- Weather forecasting and warning systems -- Recording weather data -- The development of the National Weather Service -- Forecasting the weather -- Warning systems -- Conclusion -- "Taming the weather" through science and technology -- Incentives to develop new technology -- Attempts to ignore the weather's effects -- Attempts to change the weather -- Conclusion -- Governmental liability for injury to individuals -- Faulty forecasts or failure to warn -- Streets, highways, and sidewalks -- Shelter from the storm -- Conclusion -- Civil liabilities for weather-related harm -- Law and civil liability -- The rugby match : the result -- Liability of coaches for athlete deaths -- Liability for faulty forecasts -- Liability for failure to warn of dangerous weather -- Motor vehicle accidents and the weather -- Weather as excuse in contracts -- Conclusion -- Crime and weather -- Crimes following a weather disaster -- Weather as an instrument of crime -- "The weather made me do it" : weather as criminal defense -- Conclusion -- Weather and the justice system -- Criminal justice -- Weather as evidence -- Weather's impact on access to justice -- Conclusion -- Future of weather and the law -- Globalization of weather law -- Causes of action -- History repeating itself -- Notes -- Glossary of weather terms -- Selected bibliography -- Table of cases -- Table of Federal statutes and proposed legislation -- Index.
