Disaster Law and Policy examines the growing field concerned with disaster prevention, emergency response, compensation and& insurance, human rights, and commun

Disasters raise serious challenges for contemporary legal orders: they demand significant management, but usually amidst massive disruption to the normal functi

The book identifies the main international concepts and rules that are of special relevance in disaster settings and critically analyses how they are implemente

This book provides a unique, comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of climate justice and disaster law.

Recent hurricanes and other natural disasters demonstrate serious gaps in the legal system and its ability to respond to events of such magnitude. "Disasters an