An inconvenient deliberation : the precautionary principle's contribution to the uncertainties surrounding climate change liability / Miriam Haritz.

Includes bibliographical references, bibliography (p. 391-437), and index.

Contents:
Chapter 1. Climate change and uncertainty: defining the framework setting of a global problem.
1. Introduction -
2. The terminology of climate change -
3. A brief history of scientific evidence of climate change -
4. Measuring and forecasting climate change: the actual, calculated, and estimated consequences -
5. The thin line between ignorance, ambiguity risk, and uncertainty -
6. The particularities of climate change risks and uncertainties -
7. Efforts to govern climate change despite uncertainties -
8. Conclusion

Ch. 2. The precautionary principle as a measure to handle uncertainty.
1. Introduction. -
2. Responding to societal needs: from prevention to precaution -
3. The development and core elements of the precautionary principle as an instrument to regulate uncertainty -
4. The legal status and judicial application of the precautionary principle -
5. The precautionary principle in climate change policy -
6. Countering common criticism on the precautionary principle -
7. The risk trade-offs inherent in the precautionary principle -
8. The main modalities of the precautionary principle -
9. Conclusion

Ch. 3. Establishing the conditions of liability law in the face of climate change uncertainties.
1. Introduction -
2. Climate change liability constellations and the goals of liability law -
3. Identifying the most problematical aspects of climate change liability requirements -
4. Climate change litigation with relevance to liability claims -
5. Conclusion

Ch. 4. The precautionary principle and climate change liability.
1. Introduction -
2. The general recognition of the precautionary principle in liability law literature -
3. Climate change liability with the precautionary principle -
4. Climate change liability from the precautionary principle -
5. The effect of the interpretative uncertainty of the precautionary principle on judicial decisions -
6. What version of the precautionary principle to choose? -
7. The added value of the precautionary principle for the future of climate change liability -
8. One among several- alternative means of compensation -
9. Conclusion.