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Environmental law has become an exceedingly important branch of the law in south africa over the past 15 years. Almost every aspect of life in the united states is touched by environmental law. Oil and gas collection ii oil and gas law, contracts law, energy dependency, petroleum energy market, energy policies and legislation, licesingh regimes,production. Discover librarianselected research resources on environmental law from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals. Written to be read pleasurably rather than used as a dry reference source, the authors provide a broad conceptual overview of environmental law while also explaining the major statutes and cases. It also tries to connect environmental law with the political and. Environmental law addresses a wide range of topics, introducing students. Apr 25, 20 elizabeth fisher is a reader in environmental law at corpus christi college, university of oxford and is general editor of the journal of environmental law.
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A thoroughly absorbing book for those who are interested in the environment, or for those studying law. Buy products such as saving the oceans through law. Basic functions and principles of international environmental law in the context of managing water resources by nafziger, james a. The law of environmental damage, larsson stockholm studies in law, dordrecht, kluwer, 1999, isbn 90. Environmental law, kramer london, sweet and maxwell, 2000, isbn 0421 59023, 4th edn. Most environmental practitioners agree that the key to the successful practice of environmental law is the mastery of fundamental lawyering skills negotiation, research, writing, and oral advocacy important to the practice of law in any field. It also has synergies with related areas of international law like international trade, human rights, international finance, and so on. Lazarus offers a new interpretation of the past three decades of this area of the law, examining the legal, political, cultural, and scientific factors that have shapedand sometimes hinderedthe creation of pollution controls and natural resource management laws. Environmental law and policy is a userfriendly, concise, inexpensive treatment of environmental law.
At a time when the planets wildlife faces countless dangers, international environmental law continues to overlook its evolving welfare interests. This book covers the following topics related to administrative law. This new title in the popular text, cases, and materials series provides students with a deep understanding of environmental law while also encouraging critical reflection and pointing out areas of controversy and debate. A highly regarded and comprehensive guide to environmental statutes, court decisions, and administrative regulations governing air and water pollution, land management, toxic and hazardous wastes, and pesticides. I am selling book for anyone that is studying environmental law or interesting in campaiging against wind farm or phylons. Now in its second edition, this book examines the multifaceted roles of law in the environmental area and provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the structure of environmental law in an.
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