Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-244) and index.
Contents:
Introduction. The river pollution dilemma -- Victorian Britain I : public health and local government -- Victorian Britain II : river pollution and sanitary engineering -- Nuisance law and nuisance economics -- Nuisance law -- Nuisance economics -- Nuisance management -- Birmingham, Adderley and the River Tame -- Attorney-General v. Birmingham -- Attorney-General v. Birmingham -- Delays and contingencies : Leeds and Barnsley -- Leeds : Attorney-General v. Leeds -- Barnsley : Attorney-General v. Barnsley (1873, 1874) -- The threat of sequestration : Leamington Spa and Tunbridge Wells -- Leamington Spa : Heath (and Field) v. Wallington -- Tunbridge Wells : Goldsmid v. Tunbridge Wells -- Negotiation and settlement : Harrogate and the St. Helens Canal -- Harrogate : Wood v. High and Low Harrogate (1870, 1874) -- St. Helens Canal : Legh v. St. Helens Canal and Railway Company -- The tactic of diversion : Northampton and the Brinsop Hall Coal Company -- Northampton : Harrold v. Markham (1869) and Monk v. Northampton -- Brinsop Hall : Pennington v. Brinsop Hall Coal Company (1877, 1882) -- Protection by statutory legislation : Wolverhampton -- Wolverhampton : Giffard v. Wolverhampton (1874, 1886) -- Wolverhampton : the Wolverhampton Corporation Act -- Conclusions.
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