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: Legal Theory BlogHylton on the Economics of Nuisance & Environmental Regulation
By Lawrence Solum
Keith N. Hylton (Boston University - School of Law) has posted The Economic Theory of Nuisance Law and Implications for Environmental Regulation (Case Western Reserve Law Review, 2008) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
I explore the economic structure of nuisance law as a mechanism for regulating environmental interferences and propose a modernized enforcement regime. The modern regime would retain public enforcement primarily in identifying environmental harms and as a backstop for private enforcement.
Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on April 03, 2008 (boomark / email).
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