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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Criminological and Legal Consequences of Climate Change by Edited by Stephen Farrall Edited by Tawhida Ahmed Edited by Duncan French
This edited collection the result of an international seminar held at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law Oñati Spain in 2010 explores the potential legal and criminological consequences of climate change both domestically and for the international community. A novel feature of the book is the consideration given to the potential synergies between the two disciplinary foci thus to encourage among legal scholars and criminologists not only an analysis of the consequences of climate change from these perspectives but to bring these fields together to provide a unique inter-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which climate change does or could impact on our societies. Such an inter-disciplinary approach is necessary given that climate change is a multifaceted phenomenon and one which is intimately linked across disciplines. To study this topic from the point of view of a single discipline restricts our understanding of the concerns of climate change. It is hoped that this edited collection will identify emerging areas of concern illuminate areas for further research and most of all encourage future academic discussion on this most critical of issues.