ENV422H1 Lecture Notes - Classic Case, Asthma
21 Mar 2013
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Environmental rights +international law +land use planning + methodology. Next week: land use planning + exams questions. Status to sue what if you want to protect the environment for zone sake. Nuisance, trespass, negligence, strict liability, statutory causes of action. Strict liability: walking into a hospital, duty of care not fall off the bet, once they put you under, the duty of care is so high that no need you to prove. If negligence you have to prove it anything (extra hazard activity) If you lives near nuclear plant and it blows up, you can sue strict liability: with dangerous animals escape, the course won"t care what the excuse was. Statutory causes of action: all laws come from common law, civil: people suing people (plaintiff vs defensive, criminal: a-g vs accused (prosecution) If someone has break an environmental law, you can sue through a civil link, money use to fix something; they may sue by the state (criminal)
