Adjudicating climate change : state, national, and international approaches

This 2009 book examines lawsuits over climate change that have been brought around the world

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Burns, William C. G. (Author), Osofsky, Hari M. , 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press , c2011
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245 0 0 |a Adjudicating climate change :   |b state, national, and international approaches   |c edited by William C.G. Burns, Hari M. Osofsky 
260 |a Cambridge, England :   |b Cambridge University Press ,   |c c2011 
300 |a ix, 399 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 23 cm. 
500 |a First paperback edition 2011 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Overview : the exigencies that drive potential causes of action for climate change -- 2. State action as political voice in climate change policy : a case study of the Minnesota environmental cost valuation regulation -- 3. Litigating climate change at the coal mine -- 4. Cities, land use, and the global commons : genesis and the urban politics of climate change -- 5. Atmospheric trust litigation -- 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 greenhouse gas emissions -- 8. An emerging human right to security from climate change : the case against gas flaring in Nigeria -- 9. Tort-based climate litigation -- 10. Insurance and climate change litigation -- 11. The World Heritage Convention & Climate Change : the case for a climate-change mitigation strategy beyond the Kyoto Protocol -- 12. The Inuit petition as a bridge? Beyond dialectics of climate change and indigenous peoples' rights -- 13. Bringing climate change claims to the accountability mechanisms of international financial institutions -- 14. Potential causes of action for climate change impacts under the United Nations Fish Stock Agreement -- 15. Climate change litigation : opening the door to the International Court of Justice -- 16. The implications of climate change litigation : litigation for international environmental law-making -- 17. Conclusion : adjudicating climate change across scales 
520 |a This 2009 book examines lawsuits over climate change that have been brought around the world 
650 0 |a Global warming   |x Law and legislation 
650 0 |a Global warming   |x Law and legislation   |z United States 
650 0 |a Liability for environmental damages 
650 0 |a Liability for environmental damages   |z United States 
700 1 |a Burns, William C. G. ,   |e author 
700 1 |a Osofsky, Hari M. ,   |d 1972- ,   |e author 
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