Legal Origins and Climate Change Policies in Former Colonies

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 309-327

  Fredriksson, Per G ^a   Wollscheid, Jim R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FORT SMITH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Colonialism; Environmental policy; Institutions; Legal history; Political economy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CIVIL LAWS; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; COLONIALISM; COMMON LAW; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CIVIL RIGHTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84943357909     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-015-9957-2     Document Type: Article

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