Environmental Protection
This book, first published in 1997, provides a stimulating introduction to an area of law which is rapidly developing and is becoming more important within the UK legal system and EC and international law. It adopts a broad perspective in describing the present legal framework and in examining the evolution of the distinctive legal techniques of this subject.
Product details
June 1997Paperback
9780521613538
522 pages
234 × 156 × 27 mm
0.72kg
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Using the Law for Environmental Protection:
- 1. Environmental law in context
- Part II. Historical Context of Environmental Law in Britain:
- 2. Building Babylon: industrial activities and early pollution controls
- 3. Containing Arcadia: early land use and development controls
- Part III. Development of Environmental Law:
- 4. International initiatives
- 5. The development of environmental law in the European Community
- Part IV. Techniques for Environmental Protection:
- 6. Land use control: town planning and countryside designation
- Part V. Applications of Modern Environmental Law:
- 7. The case of nitrate: farming for environmental protection
- 8. The road ahead: environmental assessment
- 9. Room for the geese: conservation and designation
- 10. Epilogue: Environmental justice
- Bibliography
- Index.