Title: Statutory nuisance law in England and Wales

Authors: Rosalind Malcolm, Leslie William Blake

Addresses: University of Surrey, UK. ' University of Surrey, UK

Abstract: This paper gives a description and an assessment of some of the difficulties of implementing the laws relating to statutory nuisance in the United Kingdom, with special reference to the increasing social problem of noise in urban and other communities. It provides a historical account of the origins, and the development of, the concept of |statutory nuisances| in England and Wales, an explanation of the separate evolution of legislation relating to noise, and a brief comparison with the different approach which has been adopted in Scotland.

Keywords: statutory nuisance; UK laws; England; Wales; United Kindgdom; social problems; noise pollution; Scotland; nuisance legislation.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.1999.053850

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 1999 Vol.1 No.2, pp.162 - 176

Published online: 13 May 2013 *

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