| Description |
1 online resource (413 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Adjudicating climate change; 1 Overview: The Exigencies That Drive Potential Causes of Action for Climate Change; Introduction; 1. Overview of Climate Change Science; 2. International Legal Responses to Climate Change; 3. Enter, Climate Adjudication; 4. The Need for Assessment; Part I Subnational Case Studies; 2 State Action as Political Voice in Climate Change Policy: A Case Study of the Minnesota Environmental Cost Valuation Regulati; 3 Litigating Climate Change at the Coal Mine |
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4 Cities, Land Use, and the Global Commons: Genesis and the Urban Politics of Climate Change5 Atmospheric Trust Litigation; Part II National Case Studies; 6 The Intersection of Scale, Science, and Law in Massachusetts v. EPA; 7 Biodiversity, Global Warming, and the United States Endangered Species Act: The Role of Domestic Wildlife Law in Addressing G; 8 An Emerging Human Right to Security from Climate Change: The Case Against Gas Flaring in Nigeria; 9 To |
| Summary |
This book examines lawsuits over climate change that have been brought around the world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Global warming -- Law and legislation.
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Liability for environmental damages.
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Global warming -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Liability for environmental damages -- United States
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Global warming -- Law and legislation
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Liability for environmental damages
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Osofsky, Hari M
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| ISBN |
9780511595370 |
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0511595379 |
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