The river pollution dilemma in Victorian England : nuisance law versus economic efficiency / Leslie Rosenthal, Keele University, UK.
2014
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Title
The river pollution dilemma in Victorian England : nuisance law versus economic efficiency / Leslie Rosenthal, Keele University, UK.
Published
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Call Number
KD3375 .R67 2014
ISBN
9781409441823 (hbk.)
1409441822 (hbk.)
9781409441830 (ebook)
9781472404206 (epub)
1409441822 (hbk.)
9781409441830 (ebook)
9781472404206 (epub)
Description
xiv, 253 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)858080543
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-244) and index.
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Table of Contents
List of Maps
ix
General Editor's Preface
xi
Preface and Acknowledgements
xiii
1.
Introduction: The River Pollution Dilemma
1
2.
Victorian Britain I: Public Health and Local Government
5
3.
Victorian Britain II: River Pollution and Sanitary Engineering
17
4.
Nuisance Law and Nuisance Economics
35
5.
Birmingham, Adderley and the River Tame
57
6.
Delays and Contingencies: Leeds and Barnsley
91
7.
The Threat of Sequestration: Leamington Spa and Tunbridge Wells
119
8.
Negotiation and Settlement: Harrogate and the St Helens Canal
155
9.
The Tactic of Diversion: Northampton and the Brinsop Hall Coal Company
179
10.
Protection by Statutory Legislation: Wolverhampton
207
11.
Conclusions
227
Bibliography
235
Index
245