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Climate change litigation : regulatory pathways to cleaner energy /
"This examination of the role of litigation in addressing the problem of climate change focuses not only on how the massive and growing number of lawsuits influences regulation directly but also on how the lawsuits shape corporate behavior and public opinion. It provides readers with an underst...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ;
116. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This examination of the role of litigation in addressing the problem of climate change focuses not only on how the massive and growing number of lawsuits influences regulation directly but also on how the lawsuits shape corporate behavior and public opinion. It provides readers with an understanding of how these lawsuits have shaped approaches to mitigation and adaptation and have been used to try to force and to block regulation. There is a particular emphasis on lawsuits in the United States and Australia, the two jurisdictions that have had the most climate change litigation in the world, and the lessons supply broader insights into the role of courts in addressing climate change"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 352 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316328811 1316328813 9781139565851 1139565850 9781316318775 131631877X 9781316288009 1316288005 9781316332153 1316332152 |