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Constructing a private climate change lawsuit under English law : a comparative perspective / Giedre Kaminskaite-Salters. - Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, c2010. - xiii, 218 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Climate change law, policy and practice series ; v. 3. .

Includes bibliographical references, bibliography (p. 203-211) and index.

Introduction -- Climate change: the phenomenon and its impacts -- Climate change litigation in the UK: the systemic constraints and potential opportunities -- Constructing a climate change case: the building blocks -- Causes of action: negligence and product liability -- Private nuisance, public nuisance and the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher -- Causation -- Conclusions.

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