Environmental Law and Regulation

By: John F McEldowney and Sharron McEldowney

225 pages, Tabs

Publisher: Blackstone Press

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ISBN: 9781841741147 Paperback May 2001 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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Provides a clear and systematic explanation of standards in UK environmental law, together with appropriate case studies covering all the main areas of the environment. It takes account of recent developments, including the 21st Report of the Royal Commission on Setting Environment Standards.

Regulatory standards and environmental law; the history of environmental standards; setting standards - how and why?; the regulators and standard setting; scientific techniques in assessing the environmental impacts of pollutants; science, risk assessment and the concept of safety; philosophies underlying risk assessment and standard setting; the legal forms of standard setting; environmental standards and water; environmental standards and land; evaluating the future of environmental standards and sustainable development.