Description |
ix, 399 p. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Global warming -- Law and legislation.
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Liability for environmental damages.
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Global warming -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Liability for environmental damages -- United States.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Burns, William C. G.
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Osofsky, Hari M., 1972-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9780521879705 (hardback) |
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0521879701 (hardback) |
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