Punish BP? Be Careful What You Wish for

Publication Date

6-15-2010

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Article

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Sturm College of Law

Keywords

BP, Oil spill, Off-shore drilling, Sanctions

Abstract

A recent poll reflected that in the aftermath of the BP disaster only 25% of Americans say they would support off-shore drilling. And even before the facts are known about the causes of the disaster, U.S. leaders have called for criminal sanctions against the oil company.

But in seeking to punish BP, even in advance of any evidence of criminal wrongdoing, we should be careful what we wish for.

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