Adjudicating climate change : state, national, and international approaches / edited by William C.G. Burns, Hari M. Osofsky.
2009
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Adjudicating climate change : state, national, and international approaches / edited by William C.G. Burns, Hari M. Osofsky.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description
1 online resource (ix, 399 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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Overview : the exigencies that drive potential causes of action for climate change / William C.G. Burns & 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.
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
Courts have emerged as a crucial battleground in efforts to regulate climate change. Over the past several years, tribunals at every level of government around the world have seen claims regarding greenhouse gas emissions and impacts. These cases rely on diverse legal theories, but all focus on government regulation of climate change or the actions of major corporate emitters. This book explores climate actions in state and national courts, as well as international tribunals, in order to explain their regulatory significance. It demonstrates the role that these cases play in broader debates over climate policy and argues that they serve as an important force in pressuring governments and emitters to address this crucial problem. As law firms and public interest organizations increasingly develop climate practice areas, the book serves as a crucial resource for practitioners, policymakers and academics.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511596766 ebook
9780521879705 (hardback)
9781107638662 (paperback)
9780521879705 (hardback)
9781107638662 (paperback)
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