| Titre | Catastrophe et responsabilité | |
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| Auteur | Marc-Alain Descamps | |
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Revue | Revue Française de Sociologie |
| Numéro | 1972, 13-3 | |
| Page | 376-391 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Marc-Alain Descamps : Disaster and responsability.
Every disaster is followed by a lawsuit. This must mean that human responsability is involved even in natural processes. The situation arises from the growing interpenetration between nature's and man's action. The domination of nature by man increases his responsibilities. Penal law however is not at all fit for these problems. The penal code deals only with punishment of faults: if there is no fault, there is no responsibility. The study of lawsuits shows that the judges follow another principle, tat of solidarity and look for a solvent responsible party that must later be found guilty. If no ground for prosecution is found, it becomes impossible to suit for damages. The psycho-sociological study of disasters, which is trying to get organised, is made difficult by man's fears and phantasms as to this subject. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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