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Kahl/Weller
Climate Change Litigation This handbook investigates and discusses the respective issues arising in the current discourse on climate protection from different legal perspectives (including international law, European law and national public and civil law). In particular, it addresses the issue of ?climate protection by courts?. It gives an overview about important jurisdictions in the field of Climate Change Litigation, including inter alia the US, Canada, Australia, UK, France, The Netherlands, Italy, Brazil and Germany. The book aims to pave the way for research in the field of climate change litigation, which up to this point has surprisingly remained untrodden ground in Germany or Europe. Furthermore, it is guaranteed to provide an overview of the latest news in cases and progress in the field of climate change litigation.
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protection following from Human RightsClimate Change Litigation - National ReportsLiability for Climate Damages - Germany as an International Pioneer?The editorsProf. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Kahl is Director of the Institute for German and European Administrative Law at Heidelberg University. He is also the Director of the Research Centre for Sustainability Law. His focused areas of research include Administrative Law, Environmental Law, European and International Administrative Law, and Constitutional Law.Prof. Dr. Marc-Philippe Weller is Director of the Institute of Conflict of Laws, Comparative Law and International Business Law at Heidelberg University.The authors are leading scholars and practitioners from all over the world in the field of climate change litigation.The target groupFor practitioners and academics in the field of Climate Change Litigation or Environmental law and International law.
