Climate Law in AustraliaTim Bonyhady, Peter Christoff Federation Press, 2007 - 315 pages Climate Law in Australia provides the first extended account of Australia's new climate law. It examines key federal and state legislation and the main cases brought before Australian courts. It combines incisive legal analysis with a deep understanding of climate-related issues and policy. The authors include leading academics such as Professors Robyn Eckersley, David Farrier, Rob Fowler and Jan McDonald, and leading practitioners such as Charles Berger, Kirsty Ruddock, Chris McGrath, Allison Warburton and Martijn Wilder. The editors are Professor Tim Bonyhady, Director of the Australian Centre for Environmental Law at the Australian National University, and Dr Peter Christoff of the University of Melbourne and Vice President of the Australian Conservation Foundation. The book examines pivotal issues in Australian climate law and policy - the Kyoto Protocol and its alternatives, emissions targets, carbon trading, geosequestration, nuclear decision-making, adaptation to climate change and legal liability. It contains detailed analysis of the leading cases involving the Hazelwood power station, the Anvil Hill, Xstrata and Bowen Basin coal mines, and the Bald Hills and Taralga wind farms. Climate Law in Australia explores both the need for conventional legal regulation and the potential of economic responses to climate change. It shows how climate law has grown in Australia - and how far the law still has to go. |
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Page vi
... wind farm debacle 230 James Prest Chapter 15 Global or local interests ? The significance of the Taralga wind farm case 262 Judith Jones Chapter 16 Nuclear law making 277 Ron Levy References Table of Cases Table of Statutes Index 293 ...
... wind farm debacle 230 James Prest Chapter 15 Global or local interests ? The significance of the Taralga wind farm case 262 Judith Jones Chapter 16 Nuclear law making 277 Ron Levy References Table of Cases Table of Statutes Index 293 ...
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... wind farms . Many of the arguments presented here depart from those generally accepted . Despite the obvious ... farm as an instance of electoral opportunism - designed to win a key marginal seat in the 2004 election - James Prest casts ...
... wind farms . Many of the arguments presented here depart from those generally accepted . Despite the obvious ... farm as an instance of electoral opportunism - designed to win a key marginal seat in the 2004 election - James Prest casts ...
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... wind farm cases which are all considered in detail in this book . While this case law is far from consistent and anything but strong , it is the most obvious manifestation that there is already climate law in Australia . This case law ...
... wind farm cases which are all considered in detail in this book . While this case law is far from consistent and anything but strong , it is the most obvious manifestation that there is already climate law in Australia . This case law ...
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... wind farm cases as if they were discrete , we need to look at issues that cut across the different energy sectors ... wind farm case in 2001. At the time the IPCC had just issued its Third Assessment Report in which it found that there ...
... wind farm cases as if they were discrete , we need to look at issues that cut across the different energy sectors ... wind farm case in 2001. At the time the IPCC had just issued its Third Assessment Report in which it found that there ...
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... farm began by contesting climate change , by the end of the proceedings they had dropped this argument . Their closing submission began : ' Wind is one of a number of energy sources whose use in preference to fossil fuels may assist in ...
... farm began by contesting climate change , by the end of the proceedings they had dropped this argument . Their closing submission began : ' Wind is one of a number of energy sources whose use in preference to fossil fuels may assist in ...
Contents
Anvil Hill in | 189 |
Pyhrric victory or harbinger? | 214 |
Chapter 14 | 230 |
Chapter 15 | 256 |
Chapter 16 | 277 |
References | 293 |
Table of Statutes | 308 |
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