Stratospheric Ozone Damage and Legal Liability - US public policy and tort litigation to protect the ozone layer (Hardcover)

While government enforcement of laws and regulations to control the production of chloroflurocarbons in 1987 has been hailed as exemplifying the precautionary principle, for almost two decades US companies failed to take precautionary measures to prevent chemical emissions, despite the probable risk of stratospheric ozone loss. As a result, human harms in the form of skin cancer have reached epidemic proportions globally and in the United States where, today, one person dies every hour from skin cancer. This book reviews U.S. laws, regulations, and policies, as well as case law regarding similar toxic tort cases to consider whether companies can and should be held legally liable under tort common law theories and related tort justice theories for having contributed to increased risks of skin cancer.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in International Environmental Law
Release date:	July 2016
First published:	2017
Authors:	Lisa Elges
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-64887-6
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > Environment law Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General
LSN:	1-138-64887-6
Barcode:	9781138648876

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