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.
9789041132536 (hbk. alk. paper) RM430.68
Liability for environmental damages--United Kingdom. Global warming--Law and legislation--United Kingdom. Liability for air pollution damages--United Kingdom. Climatic changes--Law and legislation--United Kingdom. Liability (Law)--United Kingdom. Liability for environmental damages. Global warming--Law and legislation. Liability for air pollution damages. Climatic changes--Law and legislation. Liability (Law).