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David Hunter, James Salzman, Durwood Zaelke
International Environmental Law and Policy (University Casebook Series)
by Foundation Press (Hardcover)
International Environmental Law and Policy explores the dynamics of the lawmaking process and the increasingly critical role of transnational actors/citizens, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), scientists, and business. Discusses the relation of our scientific understanding to the legal response and the relation of the problem to the global economy. Includes explanation of the use of soft law, framework agreements, binding obligations, the precautionary principle, and polluter pays principle. Describes role of technology transfer and multilateral and bilateral financial mechanisms.
The Global Environment: Institutions, Law, And Policy
by CQ Press (Paperback)
Drawing together a distinguished cast of international contributors, this new edition offers a timely collection of essays that analyze key issues, institutions, laws, and policies for the protection of the global environment. In addition to crucial historical context on the development of global environmental organizations and treaties, chapter authors offer both engaging discussions of current and critical global environmental agreements and insight into national and international implementation of sustainable development principles. Returning contributors have thoroughly revised and updated their chapters, while six brand new chapters examine such important topics as regime theory, climate change, hazardous chemical controls, perspectives of the developing world, and the European Union's and United States' international environmental policies. A useful chronology of global environmental policy and a list of acronyms further aid students in critical ...
Ronald J. Allen, Richard B. Kuhns, Eleanor Swift, David S. Schwartz
Evidence: Text, Problems, and Cases (Casebook)
by Aspen Publishers (Hardcover)
Steven Ferrey
Environmental Law Examples & Explanations
by Aspen Publishers, Inc. (Paperback)
Holly D. Doremus, Albert C. Lin, Ronald H. Rosenberg, Thomas J. Schoenbaum
Environmental Policy Law: Problems, Cases and Readings (University Casebook Series)
by Foundation Press (Hardcover)
This casebook takes a very broad view of environmental law, encompassing the regulation of private and public land use and protection of wildlife as well as pollution control and remediation. It provides sufficient breadth for any introductory environmental or natural resources law course. It also strikes a balance by focusing in detail on those portions of the statutes covered that raise particularly interesting or important conceptual issues. Throughout, it highlights perpetual controversies such as the nature of human relationships to nature and the appropriate extent of individual control over natural resource use. The Fifth Edition includes problems that help students develop and test their facility with the materials in the text and the concepts underlying those materials. The new edition will also have new chapters on international environmental law issues and on enforcement issues.
William R. Blackburn
The Sustainability Handbook: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic and Environmental Responsibility
by Environmental Law Institute (Paperback) (Release Date: 2007-02-13)
The pursuit of sustainability can be complex, challenging, and ultimately beneficial when practiced by corporate, academic, government and non-profit organizations. The Sustainability Handbook provides a blueprint on how organizations of all sizes can reach or exceed economic, social and environmental excellence. The handbook offers a wide variety of practical approaches and tools, including a model sustainability policy for organizations, summaries and tips on selecting sustainability codes, an extensive collection of sample metrics, and much more.
Robert H. Abrams, William Goldfarb, Robert L. Graham, Lisa Heinzerling, ...
Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society
by Aspen Publishers (Hardcover)
From the common law foundation to globalization and convergence, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY: Nature, Law, and Society, Third Edition, will keep your course at the forefront of the ever-developing body of environmental law.
Global Climate Change and U.S. Law
by American Bar Association (Paperback)
This comprehensive, current examination of U.S. law as it relates to global climate change begins with a summary of the factual and scientific background of climate change based on governmental statistics and other official sources. Subsequent chapters address the international and national frameworks of climate change law, including the Kyoto Protocol, state programs affected in the absence of a mandatory federal program, issues of disclosure and corporate governance, and the insurance industry. Also covered are the legal aspects of other efforts, including voluntary programs, emissions trading programs, and carbon sequestration.
George C. Coggins, Charles F. Wilkinson, John D. Leshy, Robert L. Fischman
Federal Public Land and Resources Law, 6th (University Casebook)
by Foundation Press (Hardcover)
This casebook is an authoritative introduction to the study of public land and resources law. Case studies, case notes, and examples illustrate legal points under consideration with special attention focused on historical and social context. Thought-provoking questions generate classroom discussion and hone students' legal reasoning. This new edition overhauls the first five chapters of cross-cutting issues to facilitate easier selection of topics to cover before exploring resource-specific subjects. The Sixth Edition consolidates and streamlines chapters to make them easier for students to concentrate on the main points of contention. It also thoroughly updates all chapters through February 2007. This is the only natural resources casebook with substantial attention given to cultural resource preservation, hydropower licensing, and remedies for federal breaches of contracts. It retains its comprehensive coverage of public land history, constitutional issues, NEPA, endangered ...
James Salzman; Barton H. Thompson; Jr.
Environmental Law and Policy, (Concepts & Insights Series) (Concepts and Insights Series)
by Foundation Press (Paperback) (Release Date: 2006-12-11)
The first part of the book provides an engaging discussion of the major themes and issues that cross cut environmental law. Starting with the first chapter s brief history of environmentalism in America, the second chapter goes on to explore the importance and implications of basic themes that occur in virtually all environmental conflicts, including scientific uncertainty, market failures, problems of scale, public choice theory, etc. It then presents three dominant perspectives in the field that drive policy development environmental rights, utilitarianism, and environmental justice. Chapter Three fills in the remaining legal background for understanding environmental protection, reviewing the theory of instrument choice, the basics of administrative law, core concepts in constitutional law (e.g., takings, the commerce clause), and the doctrines associated with how citizen groups shape environmental law such as standing.The second part of the book examines the substance of ...