About this book
This textbook explores all areas of the law relating to the environment. Legal principles and key cases are discussed alongside historical, social and economic influences, an approach which is particularly important at a time when environmental issues are making their way up the global political agenda.
Contents
PART ONE FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Chapter 1 General introduction
Chapter 2 Themes and Issues - Environmental law in transition
Chapter 3 Sources, Institutions and organisations in environmental law
Chapter 4 International environmental law
Chapter 5 European environmental law
Chapter 6 Human rightd and the environment
Chapter 7 Regulation, standards and the environment
Chapter 8 Environmental law for the 21st century
PART TWO SECTORAL COVERAGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Chapter 9 Land, Planning and the Environment
Chapter 10 Land: Waste Management and Controls
Chapter 11 Land: Countryside and the Environment
Chapter 12 Water and Pollution Controls
Chapter 13 Protection of the Marine Environment
Chapter 14 Air and Pollution
Chapter 15 Noise and control
Chapter 16 Conclusions
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