Nuisance law and environmental protection
Subtitle: a study of nuisance injunctions in practice
By: Ben Pontin
Publisher: Lawtext Publishing Limited
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Witney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780953940356
Subjects: Environmental law; Nuisances
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-199) and index
Table of contents: title: The theory and practice of nuisance injunctions --; title: Attorney General v Birmingham Corporation (1858-1895) : the common law cleansing of provincial 'great stinks' --; title: Tipping v St Helens Smelting Co Ltd (1863-1884) : a trilogy of nuisance actions involving a nouveau country gent --; title: Farnworth v Manchester Corporation (1928-1930) : the tragedy of the common law's 'voluntarism' --; title: Halsey v Esso Petroleum Ltd (1961-1972) : freedom from pollution and the right to sleep in the age of Silent Spring --; title: Conclusions : Implications for the development of nuisance law.