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Kaminskaitė-Salters, Giedrė.

Constructing a private climate change lawsuit under English law : a comparative perspective / Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters. - Austin [Tex.] : Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands : Frederick, MD : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ; Kluwer Law International ; Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Publishers, c2010. - xiii, 218 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Climate change law, policy and practice series ; v. 3 .

Includes bibliographical references, bibliography (p. 203-211) and index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction.
1. Climate Change: The Phenomenon and Its Impacts.
2. Climate Change Litigation in the UK: The Systemic Constraints and Potential Opportunities.
3. Constructing a Climate Change Case: The Building Blocks.
4. Causes of Action: Negligence and Product Liability .
5. Private Nuisance, Public Nuisance and the Rule in Rylands v Fletcher.
6. Causation. Bibliography. Online sources.

ISBN: 9789041132536 (hbk. alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010487645

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Liability for environmental damages--Great Britain.
Global warming--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
Liability for air pollution damages--Great Britain.
Climatic changes--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
Liability (Law)--Great Britain.
Liability for environmental damages.
Global warming--Law and legislation.
Liability for air pollution damages.
Climatic changes--Law and legislation.
Liability (Law)

LC Class. No.: KD1989 / .K36 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 344.046 KAM