Common Law and the Environment - Rethinking the Statutory Basis for Modern Environmental Law

While most studies of environmental policy paint a picture of improvement through government initiatives, these essays argue the contrary. Pointing to Cleveland's burning river, the death of Lake Erie, smog in Los Angeles, and Love Canal, the contributors demonstrate that command-and-control regulation of the environment has not delivered the great improvements in environmental quality as promised. The Common Law and the Environment offers principles for a new approach to protecting the environment and looks to evidence of the successes of alternative legal systems to address significant problems.

About the author

Roger E. Meiners is professor of law and economics at the University of Texas and a senior associate with PERC in Bozeman, Montana. Andrew P. Morriss is professor of law and and associate professor of economics at Case Western Reserve University and senior associate with PERC in Bozeman, Montana.

Summary

This text offers principles for a new approach to protecting the environment and looks to evidence of the successes of alternative legal systems to address significant problems.

Product details

• Authors: Roger E. Morriss Meiners, MEINERS ROGER E MORRISS ANDREW
• Assisted by: Roger E. Meiners (Editor), Andrew P. Morriss (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.01.2000
• EAN: 9780847697083
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9708-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Political Economy Forum (Hardc; The Political Economy Forum; The Political Economy Forum
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law