Climate Change Litigation - Regulatory Pathways to Cleaner Energy

This book examines how litigation over climate change shapes the choices of governments, corporations and the public regarding mitigation and adaptation.

List of contents

1. Why climate change litigation matters; 2. Model for understanding litigation's regulatory impact; 3. Litigation as a mitigation tool; 4. Litigation as an adaptation tool; 5. Corporate responses to litigation; 6. Litigation's role in shaping social norms; 7. Barriers to progress; 8. The future of climate change litigation.

About the author

Jacqueline Peel is Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School, Australia, and an internationally recognised expert on climate change law. Her teaching and research interests lie in the areas of environmental law (domestic and international), risk regulation and the role of science, and climate change law.

Product details

• Authors: Hari M. Osofsky, Jacqueline Peel, Jacqueline (University of Melbourne) Osofsky Peel, Peel Jacqueline
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781316641071
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64107-1
• No. of pages: 375
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law