Environmental Protection and the Common Law.
Lowry, John.
Environmental Protection and the Common Law. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (300 pages)
Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- 1. Victorian Foundations? -- INTRODUCTION -- TIPPING V. ST HELEN'S SMELTING CO. -- RYLANDS V. FLETCHER -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE JUDGMENTS -- AN UNSETTLING TIME FOR JUDGES: 1840-80 -- DISRUPTIVE STATUTES: 1840-80 -- CONCLUSION -- 2. Nuisance, the Morality of Neighbourliness, and Environmental Protection -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CHARACTER OF NUISANCE LAW -- THREE RECENT CASES -- CONCLUSION -- 3. Noxious Emissions and Common Law Liability: Tort in the Shadow of Regulation -- INTRODUCTION -- LEGISLATIVE LIMITS -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUDICIAL REVIEW -- STRICT LIABILITY IN NUISANCE AND RYLANDS V. FLETCHER -- DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF A TORT ACTION -- CONCLUSION -- POST-SCRIPT -- 4. From the Individual to the Environmental: Tort Law in Turbulence -- INTRODUCTION -- TORT LAW AND CORRECTIVE JUSTICE -- TOXIC TORTS -- SCIENCE, LAW AND RISK -- REGULATION, RISK AND THE COURTROOM -- THE CHALLENGE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TORTS -- PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND WEALTH -- TESTING ORTHODOXY: DIFFERENCES OF VIEW ABOUT SCIENCE AND RISK -- REGULATING THE REGULATOR -- CONCLUSION -- 5. Tort and Environmental Pluralism -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TORTS -- PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND WEALTH -- TESTING ORTHODOXY: DIFFERENCES OF VIEW ABOUT SCIENCE AND RISK -- REGULATING THE REGULATOR -- CONCLUSION -- 6. Statutory Liability for Contaminated Land: Failure of the Common Law? -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFICIENCIES OF THE COMMON LAW -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990, PART IIA -- THE FUTURE OF THE COMMON LAW -- 7. Nuisance and Environmental Protection -- INTRODUCTION -- THE LAW OF TORTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- CAUSATION -- FORESEEABILITY AND FAULT -- CONCLUSION. 8. Marking the Boundary: The Relationship between Private Nuisance, Negligence and Fault -- INTRODUCTION -- HAS PRIVATE NUISANCE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE? -- THE IMPACT OF HUNTER V. CANARY WHARF LTD -- A DIFFERENT APPROACH? -- CONCLUSION -- 9. Stigma Damages, Amenity and the Margins of Economic Loss: Quantifying Perceptions and Fears -- INTRODUCTION -- DELINEATING THE TERRAIN OF "STIGMA" IN THE TOXIC TORTS CONTEXT -- STIGMA CLAIMS BEFORE THE ENGLISH COURTS -- ESTABLISHING PHYSICAL DAMAGE WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE SCHEME: TOWARDS A BROADER FACTUAL VIEW? -- DEFINING PERMISSIBLE LOSSES UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE SCHEME: A NARROW FOCUS -- AMENITY: AN ENIGMA IN ENGLISH LAW? -- AMENITY PERCEIVED IN NARROW AND "TANGIBLE" TERMS -- A BROADER US APPROACH: TOWARDS ACCOMMODATING STIGMA WITHIN THE NOTION OF AMENITY -- NUISANCE AND PURE ECONOMIC LOSS: AN OPEN DOOR? -- THE DESIRABILITY OF ALLOWING RECOVERY FOR STIGMA DAMAGES -- CONCLUSION -- 10. Towards a European Tort Law on the Environment? European Union Initiatives and Developments on Civil Liability in Respect of Envrionmental Harm -- INTRODUCTION -- DEVELOPMENTS TOWARDS A COMMUNITY POLICY ON CIVIL LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM -- EUROPEAN UNION INITIATIVES ON CIVIL LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM -- STATE LIABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM-FRANCOVICH AND TORTIOUS LIABILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS AND OMISSIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- POSTSCRIPT -- 11. Environmental Protection and the Role of the Common Law: A Scottish Perspective -- INTRODUCTION -- NUISANCE -- NEGLIGENCE -- CONTRACT -- THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP OF NUISANCE, NEGLIGENCE AND CONTRACT -- CONCLUSION -- Index.
Written by experts in the field, the focus of this book is on the challenges posed by accommodating tort with environmental law.
9781847310859
Environmental law -- Great Britain.
Common law -- Great Britain.
Pollution -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
Electronic books.
KD3372.E587 2000
344.41/046
Environmental Protection and the Common Law. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (300 pages)
Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- 1. Victorian Foundations? -- INTRODUCTION -- TIPPING V. ST HELEN'S SMELTING CO. -- RYLANDS V. FLETCHER -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE JUDGMENTS -- AN UNSETTLING TIME FOR JUDGES: 1840-80 -- DISRUPTIVE STATUTES: 1840-80 -- CONCLUSION -- 2. Nuisance, the Morality of Neighbourliness, and Environmental Protection -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CHARACTER OF NUISANCE LAW -- THREE RECENT CASES -- CONCLUSION -- 3. Noxious Emissions and Common Law Liability: Tort in the Shadow of Regulation -- INTRODUCTION -- LEGISLATIVE LIMITS -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUDICIAL REVIEW -- STRICT LIABILITY IN NUISANCE AND RYLANDS V. FLETCHER -- DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF A TORT ACTION -- CONCLUSION -- POST-SCRIPT -- 4. From the Individual to the Environmental: Tort Law in Turbulence -- INTRODUCTION -- TORT LAW AND CORRECTIVE JUSTICE -- TOXIC TORTS -- SCIENCE, LAW AND RISK -- REGULATION, RISK AND THE COURTROOM -- THE CHALLENGE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TORTS -- PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND WEALTH -- TESTING ORTHODOXY: DIFFERENCES OF VIEW ABOUT SCIENCE AND RISK -- REGULATING THE REGULATOR -- CONCLUSION -- 5. Tort and Environmental Pluralism -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TORTS -- PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND WEALTH -- TESTING ORTHODOXY: DIFFERENCES OF VIEW ABOUT SCIENCE AND RISK -- REGULATING THE REGULATOR -- CONCLUSION -- 6. Statutory Liability for Contaminated Land: Failure of the Common Law? -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFICIENCIES OF THE COMMON LAW -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990, PART IIA -- THE FUTURE OF THE COMMON LAW -- 7. Nuisance and Environmental Protection -- INTRODUCTION -- THE LAW OF TORTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- CAUSATION -- FORESEEABILITY AND FAULT -- CONCLUSION. 8. Marking the Boundary: The Relationship between Private Nuisance, Negligence and Fault -- INTRODUCTION -- HAS PRIVATE NUISANCE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE? -- THE IMPACT OF HUNTER V. CANARY WHARF LTD -- A DIFFERENT APPROACH? -- CONCLUSION -- 9. Stigma Damages, Amenity and the Margins of Economic Loss: Quantifying Perceptions and Fears -- INTRODUCTION -- DELINEATING THE TERRAIN OF "STIGMA" IN THE TOXIC TORTS CONTEXT -- STIGMA CLAIMS BEFORE THE ENGLISH COURTS -- ESTABLISHING PHYSICAL DAMAGE WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE SCHEME: TOWARDS A BROADER FACTUAL VIEW? -- DEFINING PERMISSIBLE LOSSES UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE SCHEME: A NARROW FOCUS -- AMENITY: AN ENIGMA IN ENGLISH LAW? -- AMENITY PERCEIVED IN NARROW AND "TANGIBLE" TERMS -- A BROADER US APPROACH: TOWARDS ACCOMMODATING STIGMA WITHIN THE NOTION OF AMENITY -- NUISANCE AND PURE ECONOMIC LOSS: AN OPEN DOOR? -- THE DESIRABILITY OF ALLOWING RECOVERY FOR STIGMA DAMAGES -- CONCLUSION -- 10. Towards a European Tort Law on the Environment? European Union Initiatives and Developments on Civil Liability in Respect of Envrionmental Harm -- INTRODUCTION -- DEVELOPMENTS TOWARDS A COMMUNITY POLICY ON CIVIL LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM -- EUROPEAN UNION INITIATIVES ON CIVIL LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM -- STATE LIABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM-FRANCOVICH AND TORTIOUS LIABILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS AND OMISSIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- POSTSCRIPT -- 11. Environmental Protection and the Role of the Common Law: A Scottish Perspective -- INTRODUCTION -- NUISANCE -- NEGLIGENCE -- CONTRACT -- THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP OF NUISANCE, NEGLIGENCE AND CONTRACT -- CONCLUSION -- Index.
Written by experts in the field, the focus of this book is on the challenges posed by accommodating tort with environmental law.
9781847310859
Environmental law -- Great Britain.
Common law -- Great Britain.
Pollution -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
Electronic books.
KD3372.E587 2000
344.41/046