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Opening Editorial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Alberto Alemanno  and
Kristian Cedervall Lauta
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Symposium on the L'Aquila Seven: Re-Establishing Justice After a Natural Disaster
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European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 2014 , pp. 129 - 132
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References

1 Furthermore, the L’Aquila Seven were permanently banned from holding public office, and required to pay €450,000 each in compensation to the victims. David E. Alexander, “Communicating Earthquake Risk to the Public: The Trial of the ‘L’aquila Seven’”, 72(2) Natural Hazards (2014), p. 6.

2 While in some countries public officials tend to prepare the worst in order to reduce their responsability should that situation materialises, in others public authorities downplay the risks in order to reassure the public. See, e.g., J. Etienne and T. Palermo, The L’Aquila Earthquake case is not ‘science on trial’. It is a challenge to the way officials communicate to the public, EUROPP, London School of Economics, 1 November 2012,

3 See e.g. “Death toll rises after Italy quake”, BBC News, 7 April 2009, available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7987698.stm (last visited May 2014).

4 See the International Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650404/ (last visited May 2014).

5 David E. Alexander, “Communicating Earthquake Risk to the Public: The Trial of the ‘L’aquila Seven’”, 72(2) Natural Hazards (2014), p. 3.

6 Stuart Clark: “From Galileo to the L’Aquila earthquake: Italian science on trial”, Guardian, 24 October 2012, available at http://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2012/oct/24/galileo-laquila-earthquake-italian-science-trial (last visited March 2014); Stephen Hall, “Scientists at trial: At Fault?”, 477 Nature (2011), pp. 264–269; Jordi Prats, “The L’Aquila earthquake: Science or risk on trial?”, 9(6) Significance (2012).

7 Ibid. See also Editorial: ”The Italian quake inquisition”, Los Angeles Times, September 26 2011, available at http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/26/opinion/la-ed-quake-20110926 (last visited May 2014).

8 As quoted in David Ropenik: ”Italian Seismologists on Trial–for Failing to Communicate Well?”, Scientific American Blog, 20 October 2011, available at http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/10/20/italian-seismologists-on-trial-for-failing-to-communicate-well/ (last visited May 2014).

9 See Sheri Fink: “The Deadly Choices at Memorial”, New York Times, 25 August 2009. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30doctors.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 (last visited March 2014).

10 See Pascale Bonnefoy, ”Chilean Judge Upholds Manslaughter Charges Linked to 2010 Tsunami”, New York Times, May 16, 2016. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/world/americas/chilean-judge-upholds-manslaughter-charges-against-officials-over-tsunami-alert.html (last visited May 2014).