Environmental Pollution and Common Law Remedies
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چکیده
The environmental law as it is known today is an amalgamation of common law and statutory principles. 1 Even before specific laws came into force, there were certain common law remedies against pollution. Common law is the body of customary law of England based upon judicial decisions and is embodied in the reports of decided cases. Common law had been administered by the common law courts of England since the middle ages. 2 The term 'common law' is derived from Latin, lex communis.
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