Nuisance Law and Environmental Protection - A study of nuisance injunctions in practice

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Contents

Foreword Lord Carnwath JSC

Preface
Table of Cases

CHAPTER 1   
Introduction: the theory and practice of nuisance injunctions

CHAPTER 2
Attorney General v Birmingham Corporation (1858-1895)The common law cleansing of provincial 'great stinks'

CHAPTER 3
Tipping v St Helens Smelting Co Ltd (1863-1884)A trilogy of nuisance actions involving a nouveau country gent

CHAPTER 4
Farnworth v Manchester Corporation (1928 - 1930) The tragedy of the common law's 'voluntarism'

CHAPTER 5
Halsey v Esso Petroleum Ltd (1961-1972) Freedom from pollution and the right to sleep in the age of Silent Spring

CHAPTER 6
Conclusions: Implications for the development of nuisance law

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Index