Legal framework considerations in the development of risk acceptance criteria

This paper presents the view that the form and nature of “criteria for risk acceptability” are primarily political constructs determined by the legal and political frameworks of the jurisdiction where the risk is to be taken and the consequences of failure are absorbed. Accordingly, the paper presen...

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Published inStructural safety Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 118 - 123
Main Author Hartford, D.N.D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2009
Subjects
Acceptance criteria
Common law
Risk
Roman/napoleonic law
Safety
Risk
Common law
Safety
Acceptance criteria
Roman/napoleonic law
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Summary:This paper presents the view that the form and nature of “criteria for risk acceptability” are primarily political constructs determined by the legal and political frameworks of the jurisdiction where the risk is to be taken and the consequences of failure are absorbed. Accordingly, the paper presents the view of risk acceptance criteria as a complex matter of socio-economics and politics, informed by the engineering and natural sciences and then “made to work in practice” by the professions (doctors, engineers, lawyers, etc.).
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ISSN:0167-4730
1879-3355
DOI:10.1016/j.strusafe.2008.06.011