Safe and Sorry? From the Risk Society to the Anxiety Society via the Precautionary Principle
The precautionary principle is a judicial version of the common sense notion of "better safe than sorry". It may well be the most innovative and noteworthy new concept in environmental policy over the last twenty years, but I would also say it may well be one of the most dangerous, irresponsible and arbitrary guiding rules. It was first adopted in environmental law but has now spread to
