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A Voice for the Fish? Climate Change Litigation and Potential Causes of
Action for Impacts under the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement

William C. G. Burns
Santa Clara University - Law School

April 10, 2009

Abstract:
Given the ineffectiveness of institutional responses to climate change at the international level, as well as inadequate domestic responses, States and NGOs have begun to explore potential causes of action under judicial and quasi-judicial fora. This article looks at a potential cause of action under the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement.

Keywords: Climate change, United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement, Straddling Stocks, Highly Migratory stocks

JEL Classifications: K33, K32

Working Paper Series

Date posted: April 10, 2009 ; Last revised: April 10, 2009

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Burns, William C. G., A Voice for the Fish? Climate Change Litigation and Potential Causes of Action for Impacts under the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement (April 10, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1376228

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William C.G. Burns (Contact Author)

Santa Clara University - Law School ( email )

500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
United States