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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Why Weather and Law xi
1. Weather Forecasting and Warning Systems 1
Recording Weather Data
The Development of the National Weather Service
Forecasting the Weather
Warning Systems
Conclusion
2. "Taming the Weather" through Science and Technology 17
Incentives to Develop New Technology
Attempts to Ignore the Weather's Effects
Attempts to Change the Weather
3. Governmental Liability for Injury to Individuals 39
Faulty Forecasts or Failure to Warn
Streets, Highways, and Sidewalks
Shelter from the Storm
4. Civil Liabilities for Weather-Related Harm 61
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
Premises Liability
Motor Vehicle Accidents and the Weather
Weather as Excuse in Contracts
5. Crime and Weather 91
Crimes Following a Weather Disaster
Weather as an Instrument of Crime
"The Weather Made Me Do It": Weather as Criminal Defense
6. Weather and the Justice System 117
Criminal Justice
Weather as Evidence
Weather's Impact on Access to Justice
7. Future of Weather and the Law 135
Globalization of Weather Law
Causes of Action
History Repeating Itself
Notes 139
Glossary of Weather Terms 169
Selected Bibliography 211
Table of Cases 215
Table of Federal Statutes and Proposed Legislation 221
Index 223