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050 4 _aKD3372.E587 2000
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100 1 _aLowry, John.
245 1 0 _aEnvironmental Protection and the Common Law.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bBloomsbury Publishing Plc,
_c2000.
264 4 _c©2000.
300 _a1 online resource (300 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aHalf 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.
505 8 _a8. 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.
520 _aWritten by experts in the field, the focus of this book is on the challenges posed by accommodating tort with environmental law.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aEnvironmental law -- Great Britain.
650 0 _aCommon law -- Great Britain.
650 0 _aPollution -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aEdmunds, Rod.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aLowry, John
_tEnvironmental Protection and the Common Law
_dLondon : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,c2000
_z9781901362930
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
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