Population, Law and the Environment

A point-counterpoint challenge of the views expressed by Vice President Al Gore in Earth in the Balance, this important study questions current assumptions about the cost and effectiveness of environmental laws and policies, revealing the crucial link between programs of population control and long-term environmental goals. Governmental policy on the environment, as well as private environmental action, has typically been curative and reactive in nature--directed towards cleaning up past disasters and limiting the types and amounts of pollutants emitted. But what is the cost-effectiveness of such policies at a time when the population of the world continues to expand at an exponential rate? And what should be the role of population control in environmental policy? Robert Hardaway explores these issues and questions, refocusing attention on the importance of population growth to environmental quality. Synthesizing contemporary population theories in the context of environmental policy, Hardaway relates population, law, and the environment to abortion, immigration, education, and economic regulation.

Sommario

Preface
Introduction
Malthus and the Environment
Environmental Laws and Policies
Private Environmental Action
Family Planning
Abortion
Immigration
Economic Policy
Putting It All Together--The Doctrine of Environmental Malthusianism
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

ROBERT M. HARDAWAY is a Professor of Law at the University of Denver College of Law. A frequent contributor to national and major regional newspapers and occasional media commentator, he is also the author of No Price Too High: Victimless Crimes and the Ninth Amendment (Praeger, 2003) and The Electoral College and the Constitution: The Case for Preserving Federalism (Praeger 1994), among other works.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hardaway Robert M.
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 7 a 17 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.06.1994
• EAN: 9780275945701
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94570-1
• Pagine: 192
• Peso: 425 g
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, LAW / International, International Law, The environment, Science / Environmental Science, Central / national / federal government policies, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Central government policies, Current Events and Issues: Law and Crime