The river pollution dilemma in Victorian England : nuisance law versus economic efficiency / Leslie Rosenthal, Keele University, UK.
- Rosenthal, Leslie (College teacher)
- Date:
- [2014]
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2014]
Physical description
xiv, 253 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The river pollution dilemma -- Victorian Britain I : public health and local government -- Victorian Britain II : river pollution and sanitary engineering -- Nuisance law and nuisance economics -- Nuisance law nuisance economics -- Birmingham, Adderley and the River Tame -- Delays and contingencies : Leeds and Barnsley -- The threat of sequestration : Leamington Spa and Tunbridge Wells -- Negotiation and settlement : Harrogate and the St. Helens Canal -- The tactic of diversion : Northampton and the Brinsop Hall Coal Company -- Protection by statutory legislation : Wolverhampton -- Conclusions.
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Subjects
- WaterPollutionLaw and legislationGreat Britain
- Environmental policyGreat BritainCases
- Environmental policyGreat BritainHistory
- Water Pollutionhistory
- Water Pollutionlegislation & jurisprudence
- Sewagelegislation & jurisprudence
- Industrial Wastelegislation & jurisprudence
- Environmental Pollutionlegislation & jurisprudence
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineJE.41.AA8Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9781409441823
- 1409441822
- 1409441830
- 9781409441830