Title:
Environmental law : a very short introduction / Elizabeth Fisher.
Author:
Fisher, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Charlotte), author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2017.
©2017
Call Number:
K3585 .F574 2017
Abstract:
Although environmental laws are rarely able to provide the simple solutions that people want from them, they are essential for the future of our planet. This book explores how legal responses are shaped in response to the problems facing the environment today, and the socio-political conflicts facing environmental legislation.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198794189
Series:
Very short introductions ; 536
Very short introductions ; 536.
Physical Description:
147 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Troubles -- Environmental problems --The substance of environmental law -- The history of environmental law -- Expanding legal imagination -- The significance of nation states -- Power and accountability in environmental law -- Ensuring the effectiveness of environmental law -- The many forms of environmental justice -- Lessons.
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