Adjudicating climate change : state, national, and international approaches / / edited by William C.G. Burns, Hari M. Osofsky.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Burns, William C. G.; Osofsky, Hari M., 1972-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: ix, 399 p.
• Other title: Overview : the exigencies that drive potential causes of action for climate change /; State action as political voice in climate change policy : a case of the Minnesota environmental cost valuation regulation /; Litigating climate change at the coal mine /; Cities, land use, and the global commons : genesis and the urban politics of climate change /; Atmospheric trust litigation /; The intersection of scale, science, and law in Massachusetts v. EPA /; Biodiversity, global warming, and the United States Endangered Species Act : the role of domestic wildlife law in addressing greenhouse gas emissions /; An emerging human right to security from climate change : the case against gas flaring in Nigeria /; Tort-based climate litigation /; Insurance and climate change litigation /; The World Heritage Convention & Climate Change : the case for a climate-change mitigation strategy beyond the Kyoto Protocol /; The Inuit petition as a bridge beyond dialectics of climate change and indigenous peoples' rights /; Bringing climate change claims to the accountability mechanisms of international financial institutions /; Potential causes of action for climate change impacts under the United Nations Fish Stock Agreement /; Climate change litigation : opening the door to the International Court of Justice /; The implications of climate change litigation : litigation for international environmental law-making /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780521879705 (hardback); 0521879701 (hardback)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by William C.G. Burns, Hari M. Osofsky.