This volume explores whether government action is in face indispensable in the face of natural calamities—earthquakes, floods, and the like—and what might be done to restrain the expansion of the scope of governmental power if emergency circumstances warrant intervention.

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• Acknowledgments (0817928022_vii.pdf ~17 KB)
• Contributors (0817928022_ix.pdf ~24 KB)
• Introduction: Liberty and Hard Cases (0817928022_xi.pdf ~45 KB)
• Chapter 1: The Role of Government in Responding to Natural Catastrophes (0817928022_1.pdf ~113 KB)
• Chapter 2: Dealing with Natural Disaster: Role of the Market (0817928022_35.pdf ~87 KB)
• Chapter 3: A Fool’s Errand? (0817928022_59.pdf ~88 KB)
• Chapter 4: Liberty, Policy, and Natural Disasters (0817928022_83.pdf ~73 KB)
• Index (0817928022_103.pdf ~39 KB)