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FDA Preemption: When Tort Law Meets the Administrative State by Nagareda, Richard A. is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

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Conventional wisdom holds that regulation by the administrative state generally establishes minimum standards for product manufacturers that tort liability may usefully supplement. This account of the relationship between tort law and the administrative state has come under increasing attack in recent decades. This Article focuses on what many regard as among the most controversial settings for such attacks today: contentions that regulatory action by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) operates to preempt product liability suits under state law against the manufacturers of medical devices and prescription drugs. The Article initially explores the debate over

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Author
Nagareda, Richard A.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG; Walter de Gruyter GmbH (ISSN 2194-6515)
Published
2006
Language
EN
Field
Social Sciences

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