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Pollution Torts

Pollution Torts is a legal theory within environmental law that comprises civil wrongs arising from the unauthorized discharge of contaminants into the environment, distinguished by its focus on private and public nuisance, negligence, and strict liability claims for property damage and other harms caused by pollutive activities.

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2.7K

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26

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14

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2017–2026

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Publications

19

Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral

Guido Calabresi, A. Douglas Melamed · Harvard Law Review · 1972 · 1.9K citations

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Science at the Bar: Law, Science, and Technology in America.

Arthur L. Stinchcombe, Sheila Jasanoff · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1996 · 323 citations

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Indivisible Toxic Torts: The Economics of Joint and Several Liability

Tom Tietenberg · Land Economics · 1989 · 81 citations

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Epidemiologic Proof in Toxic Tort Litigation

Bert Black, David E. Lilienfeld · Fordham law review · 1984 · 45 citations · Full text

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Private law and the environment: nuisance in context

Jenny Steele · Legal Studies · 1995 · 44 citations

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Authors

26

  1. DN
    Donald N. Dewees

    University of Toronto, Canada

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  2. KR
    Kenneth R. Foster

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  3. DN
    Dayna Nadine Scott

    York University, Canada

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  4. FK
    Frank K. Upham

    New York University, United States

    1 publications · 37 citations

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  5. SK
    Sally Kift

    Queensland University of Technology, Australia

    1 publications · 21 citations

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Institutions

14

  1. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  2. Philadelphia University

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  3. Fordham University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  5. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. American Bar Foundation

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    3.9K citations

  8. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    3.9K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 38 citations

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  2. Harvard Law Review

    1 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  4. Legal Studies

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  5. Law & Society Review

    1 publications · 37 citations

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