Climate change liability : transnational law and practice /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 685 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11829656 |
| Summary: | As frustration mounts in some quarters at the perceived inadequacy or speed of international action on climate change, and as the likelihood of significant impacts grows, the focus is increasingly turning to liability for climate change damage. Actual or potential climate change liability implicates a growing range of actors, including governments, industry, businesses, non-governmental organisations, individuals and legal practitioners. Climate Change Liability provides an objective, rigorous and accessible overview of the existing law and the direction it might take in seventeen developed and developing countries and the European Union. In some jurisdictions, the applicable law is less developed and less the subject of current debate. In others, actions for various kinds of climate change liability have already been brought, including high profile cases such as Massachusetts v. EPA in the United States. Each chapter explores the potential for and barriers to climate change liability in private and public law. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 685 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139191166 1139191160 9781139084383 1139084380 9781139188562 1139188569 9781139186261 1139186264 9781849806022 1849806020 9781107017603 1107017602 9781107673663 1107673666 |