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Environmental Law is structured thematically to provide far-reaching coverage of the fundamentals and allow students to develop critical thinking and high-level understanding. The accessible style provides clear content suitable for both new and experienced students of the subject.
List of contents
- Part 1: Introductory Themes
- 1: What is environmental law? A brief introduction
- 2: History and challenges
- 3: Environmental values, principles, and rights
- 4: The form, function and administration of environmental law
- Part 2: Integrated Themes
- 5: International law and environmental protection
- 6: The European Union and the environment
- 7: The regulation of environmental protection
- 8: Environmental crime and enforcement
- 9: Public participation
- 10: Access to environmental justice and the role of courts
- 11: Private law and environmental protection
- Part 3: Sectoral Coverage
- 12: Town and country planning
- 13: Environmental assessment
- 14: Environmental permitting and integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC)
- 15: Climate change
- 16: Air pollution
- 17: Contaminated Land
- 18: Water pollution and water quality
- 19: Waste management
- 20: Biodiversity Protection
- 21: New technologies
About the author
Professor Stuart Bell is Professor of Law at the University of York.
Professor Donald McGillivray is Professor of Environmental Law at the University of Sussex.
Dr Ole Pedersen is Professor of Environmental Law at Aarhus University.
Dr Emma Lees is Professor of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute and Professor of Environmental and Property Law at the University of Cambridge.
Dr Elen Stokes is Professor of Environmental Law at the University of Bristol.
Summary
Environmental Law is structured thematically to provide far-reaching coverage of the fundamentals and allow students to develop critical thinking and high-level understanding. The accessible style provides clear content suitable for both new and experienced students of the subject.
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This book has been and remains the first choice of undergraduate textbook in this area. ... It has not yet been and is unlikely ... to be surpassed in that role.
