Remediation in UK Law
- Remedies and Remediation: Foundations Issues in Environmental Liability
- Permitting Uncertainty: Owners, Occupiers And Responsibility For Remediation
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Environmental remediation as social archaeology: Excavating sites contaminated by early nuclear weapons activities in New York City, both literally and hermeneutically
New York City, where the Manhattan Project began, has some of the world's oldest nuclear weapons production sites, exposing New Yorkers to ongoing risks of ionising radiation. This article consider...
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Stigma assessment: the case of a remediated contaminated site
The “stigma” associated with remediated contaminated land is the blighting effect on property value caused by perceived risk and uncertainty. Uncertainties relate to negative intangible factors suc...... ... such as the inability to effect a total ``cure'', the risk of failure of the remediationmethod, the risk of changes in legislation or remediation standards, the difficulty in obtainingfinance, or simply a fear of the unknown. Post-remediation ``stigma'' is the residual loss invalue after all ... ...
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Reviews
Ronald Dworkin, Life's Dominion: An Argument about Abortion and Euthanasia M. Sornarajah, The International Law of Foreign Investment Ian Loveland, Housing Homeless Persons: Administrative Law and ...... ... Martin Loughlin * Randall L. Erickson and Robert D. Morrison, Environmental Reports and Remediation Plans: Forensic and Legal Review, New York: Wiley Law, 1995, xx + 570pp, hb €90.00. Both authors of this book are involved in ... ...
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A meta‐analysis of the effect of environmental contamination on non‐residential real estate values
Purpose: This paper seeks to reduce the lack of quantitative research by addressing diminution in value to non‐residential property resulting from environmental contamination. Design/methodology/a...... ... following were significant in two models:Other land use, 30-year mortgage rate, Rural location, TPH, Multiple contamination, TCE,Under-remediation, and Mineral extraction region. Finally, the following variables were significant inone model at least at a 90 percent level of confidence: Heavy ... ...
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Negotiating without the victim state: the exclusiveness of anticorruption settlements
Purpose: Corporate foreign bribery can have devastating consequences on communities and states. Over the past decade, there have been several promising developments, both national and international...... ... , therehave been several promising developments, both nationaland international, that mightincrease the chancesof victim states to receive remediation for the harm they suffered from foreign bribery. Inparticular, awareness has risenthat victim states must be considered and new innovative items have ... ...
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Policy Approaches Addressing the Ongoing Humanitarian and Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Weapons: A Commentary
The 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) not only bans nuclear weapons, it obligates its states parties to engage in assisting victims and remediating contaminated environments ...... ... was awarded the 2017 NobelPeace Prize for its advocacy for the TPNW, reviews existing programs of victim assistance and environmental remediation. Ithighlights key considerations for policy makers seeking to improve on the existing mechanisms.Victim assistanceCurrent assistance programs for ... ...
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Regeneration of brownfield land: the environmental law challenges
Purpose: The purpose of the project was to investigate environmental law issues surrounding the regeneration of brownfield land. Design/methodology/approach: Following a literature review, an indu...... ... The benefits of the remediation of brownfield sites for housing seem to bea political priority, but reform of challenging environmental law issues less so. Understandably, the ... ...
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Self‐control, fluctuating willpower, and forensic practice
Purpose: This article aims to explain the relevance of new findings about self‐control and willpower for antisocial behaviour and forensic practice. Design/methodology/approach: The relevance of t...... ... be increased, even in adults.Practical implications – Antisocial and criminal behaviour is often mediated by failures of self-control.Remediation and prevention can benefit by applying a correct understanding of how self-controlfunctions.Originality/value – Understanding of self-control has ... ...
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