ERST 3250H Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Strict Liability, New Economics Foundation
9 Sep 2016
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Prof. richard lingren use this email: r. lindgren@sympatico. ca . Look for public meeting on city council meetings regarding environmental issues. Very little science in the research paper, and more politics and law. Judges established a proposition that if a landowner brings something dangerous onto their property, if it escapes offsite and causes damage, the person who brought the danger is strictly liable to what happens. Statute law = legislation things that are written down and passed by a legislator. *a lot of environmental laws these days are statute law. Parties are regina (r) and defendant ( ) major objective is deterrence. Constitution division of power: concurrent derestriction of the environment means both levels of the government are allowed to partake in environmental law. For the most part, provincincial laws take control. Have to have the proper authority to pass a law (provincial), if they don"t, the law will be struck down.
