| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 399 pages) |
| Contents |
Overview: the exigencies that drive potential causes of action for climate change / William C.G. Burns and Hari M. Osofsky -- State action as political voice in climate change policy: a case of the Minnesota environmental cost valuation regulation / Stephanie Stern -- Litigating climate change at the coal mine / Lesley K. McAllister -- Cities, land use, and the global commons: genesis and the urban politics of climate change / Katherine Trisolini & Jonathan Zasloff -- Atmospheric trust litigation / Mary Christina Wood -- The intersection of scale, science, and law in Massachusetts v. EPA / Hari M. Osofsky -- Biodiversity, global warming, and the United States Endangered Species Act : the role of domestic wildlife law in addressing greenhouse gas emissions / Brendan R. Cummings & Kassie R. Siegel -- An emerging human right to security from climate change: the case against gas flaring in Nigeria / Amy Sinden -- Tort-based climate litigation / David A. Grossman -- Insurance and climate change litigation / Jeffrey W. Stempel -- The World Heritage Convention & Climate Change: the case for a climate-change mitigation strategy beyond the Kyoto Protocol / Erica J. Thorson -- The Inuit petition as a bridge beyond dialectics of climate change and indigenous peoples' rights / Hari M. Osofsky -- Bringing climate change claims to the accountability mechanisms of international financial institutions / Jennifer Gleason & David B. Hunter -- Potential causes of action for climate change impacts under the United Nations Fish Stock Agreement / William C.G. Burns -- Climate change litigation: opening the door to the International Court of Justice / Andrew Strauss -- The implications of climate change litigation: litigation for international environmental law-making / David B. Hunter |
| Summary |
This book examines lawsuits over climate change that have been brought around the world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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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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LAW -- Environmental.
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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 |
Burns, William C. G
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Osofsky, Hari M., 1972-
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| ISBN |
9780511596360 |
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0511596367 |
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9780511593444 |
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0511593449 |
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9780511596766 |
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0511596766 |
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9781107638662 |
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1107638666 |
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0511698798 |
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9780511698798 |
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1107199395 |
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9781107199392 |
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9786612303043 |
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6612303042 |
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0511595964 |
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9780511595967 |
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0511592515 |
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9780511592515 |
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0511595379 |
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9780511595370 |
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