Climate change liability / edited by Michael Faure, Marjan Peeters.

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Other Authors: Faure, Michael (Michael G.), Peeters, Marjan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, [2011]
Series:New horizons in environmental and energy law.
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Table of Contents:
  • PART I : INTRODUCTION: Introduction / Michael Faure, Marjan Peeters
  • PART II : CROSS-CUTTING THEMES: Liability with and liability from the precautionary principle in climate change cases / Miriam Haritz
  • High noon : prevention of climate damage as the primary goal of liability? / Jaap Spier
  • PART III : EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE: Liability of Member States and the EU in view of the international climate change framework : between solidarity and responsibility / Javier de Cendra de Larragán
  • The regulatory approach of the EU in view of liability for climate change damage / Marjan Peeters
  • Potential liability of European States under the ECHR for failure to take appropriate measures with a view to adaptation to climate change / Armelle Gouritin
  • PART IV : NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CIVIL LIABILITY: Climate change litigation in the UK : its feasibility and prospects / Giedre Kaminskaite-Salters
  • Liability for climate change-related damage in domestic courts : claims for compensation in the USA / Elena Kosolapova
  • Civil liability for global warming in the Netherlands / Chris van Dijk
  • Will civil society take climate changers to court? : a perspective from Dutch law / Phon van den Biesen
  • Governmental liability : an incentive for appropriate adaptation? / Ben Schueler
  • PART V : CONCLUSION: Concluding remarks / Michael Faure, Marjan Peeters.