Climate Change Liability: Transnational Law and Practice

摘要

The two books discussed in this review provide a broad analysis of climate change liability. They address the matter under several different legal regimes, including public and private law and other laws. They constitute an important addition to an area of study that is still relatively novel. Both volumes suffer from disadvantages that are typical of a collection of articles by different authors: there are differences in style, length, approach and degree of consideration given to the topic - always difficult challenges for the editors. The book edited by Lord et al. has sought to minimize these challenges by imposing a standardized structure on each contribution. The division of chapters - into (a) introduction, (b) public law, (c) private law, (d) other law, and (e) practicalities - is very helpful. It does not, however, fully eliminate the disadvantages mentioned above, since the structure cannot be applied rigidly to all topics considered.