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Author De Vilchez Moragues, Pau, author

Title Climate in court : defining state obligations on global warming through domestic climate litigation / Pau de Vilchez Moragues
Published Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2022

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Description 1 online resource
Series Elgar studies in climate law
Elgar studies in climate law.
Contents Introduction: Unweaving the (legal) tapestry of domestic climate litigation -- Domestic climate litigation : evolution, recent cases and common challenges -- Evolution of climate change case law -- Three common challenges -- The international climate regime -- Principles of environmental law -- Human rights
Summary "Answering the key question of whether there is an obligation for States to define and enact sound climate policies in order to avoid the impacts of global warming, this timely book provides expert analysis on recent global climate cases, assessing not only the plaintiffs' claims but also the legal reasoning put forward by the courts."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from title screen (Elgaronline, viewed on April 26, 2022)
Subject Climatic changes -- Law and legislation.
Climatic changes -- Law and legislation -- Cases
Environmental law -- Cases
Environment law.
Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution.
Global warming.
LAW -- Environmental.
LAW -- Litigation.
SCIENCE -- Global Warming & Climate Change.
Climatic changes -- Law and legislation
Environmental law
Klimaänderung
Schutzpflicht
Staat
Rechtsprechung
Rechtsvergleich
Internationales Umweltrecht
Menschenrecht
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1800886896
9781800886896