Environmental law Books

Book SynopsisThe Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) is one of the most cherished and reviled laws ever passed. It mandates protection and preservation of all the nation’s species and biodiversity, whatever the cost. It has been a lightning rod for controversy and conflicts between industry/business and environmentalists.The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of this law, and provides an opportunity for a measured and thorough evaluation thereof. We cannot know today’s challenges and opportunities without understanding their histories. This book is the most comprehensive history of the ESA ever published, and the first to consider the entire history of the law from all angles in a single volume.The history of the ESA has been one of increasing impact, complexity, and controversy. In 1978, the Supreme Court declared that Congress intended for the U.S. government to save all species at any cost, and thereafter application of the ESA became steadily more controversial, as seen in the example of the northern spotted owl and the timber wars in the Pacific Northwest in the late 1980s and early 90s, and then everywhere as the ESA became a political football in the highly partisan environment of the late 1990s and amendments to the law ceased.This book is not only a history, but a call to action. It will take more conservation, more funding, and more innovative solutions if we are to save our wildlife and biodiversity. It will take the engagement to every American to muster the collective will to meet this challenge. The hope of this book is that we will be able to look back and say that we accomplished more in the second 50 years of the ESA than we did in the first.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Guide to Acronyms and Terms Foreword Prologue: Peril and Promise Dedication Part I: The Evolution of the Endangered Species Act Chapter 1: The Evolution of Wildlife Management and the Extinction Crisis Prior to 1973 Wildlife in Early American History Sportsmen Emerge as the Driving Force for Wildlife Conservation Post-Civil War Views of Wildlife Protective Actions After 1900 The Development of Professional Wildlife Management The Early Days The Leopold Era The American Game Policy of 1930 Education, Funding, and Federal Aid The Evolution Towards Wildlife Protection Wildlife and Environmental Laws from the 1960s to Today 1973: A Watershed Year for Wildlife Management Chapter 2: The Creation of the Endangered Species Act – 1966, 1969 and 1973 The Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 The Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1969 Endangered Species Legislation: 1971 Endangered Species Legislation: 1972 The House – 1972 The Senate – 1972 1973 – The House 1973 – The Senate 1973 – Conference Committee and Final Approval Chapter 3: Implementing the Endangered Species Act of 1973: 1974–1980 The Nixon Administration and Passage of the Endangered Species Act The Ford Administration and Implementation of the Endangered Species Act Regulating Threatened Species Implementing Section 6: Cooperation with the States The 1976 Scrimshaw Amendment The Carter Administration and the End of the Environmental Consensus of the 1960s Continuing to Implement the Endangered Species Act Under the Carter Administration The 1977 Section 6 Amendment and an Ominous Congressional Omission The Infamous Tellico Dam and the Snail Darter Congress and the Tellico Dam The Endangered Species Committee Completing the Tellico Dam Further Amendments in 1978 Section 7 Consultation Listing Procedures and Critical Habitat Recovery Plans Other Significant Amendments in 1978 Minor Amendments in 1978 1979: Additional Minor Amendments to the Endangered Species Act The Endangered Species Act at the End of the 1970s. Chapter 4: The Endangered Species Act and the Reagan Administration: Reversals and Progress: 1980-1988 The Reagan Revolution The Reagan Administration in Action The Endangered Species Act Under Reagan 1982: A Second Major Amendment to the Endangered Species Act New Statutory Deadlines for ESA Functions Minor Amendments to Sections 4 and 6 Amendments to Section 7 New Provisions in 1982: Experimental Populations, Habitat Conservation Plans and a Foundation for the Future Experimental Populations Habitat Conservation Plans Endangered Species and International Trade: Implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 1979-1982: CITES and the Bobcat Controversy Fleshing out Endangered Species Act Regulations New Tools for Conservation Under Reagan The Reagan Administration and Management of Controversial Species Black-footed Ferrets and California Condors The Reagan Administration and Wolves 1985-1986: Wolf and Predator Management Controversies in Congress 1988: The Last Major Amendment to the ESAProvisions of the 1988 Amendment The Endangered Species Act After Reagan Chapter 5: The Northern Spotted Owl and the George H.W. Bush Administration: 1986-1994 The Northern Spotted Owl George H.W. Bush and Environmental Policy George H.W. Bush and the Endangered Species Act The Northern Spotted Owl and the Timber Wars The Timber Wars Continued – Managing Old-growth Forests and Spotted Owls The Timber Wars Saga – Failures of Planning Partisanship, Radicalization, and Legislative Gridlock 1992: Failure to Reauthorize the Endangered Species Act The 1992 Presidential Election The Northwest Forest Plan The Legacy of the Spotted Owl Chapter 6: The Clinton Administration: Partisanship and Partnership: 1992-2000 The Clinton Administration and the Environment The Endangered Species Act on the Defensive in the 104th Congress The Clinton Administration on the Defensive Improving the Endangered Species Act: “No Surprises” For Habitat Conservation Plans The Ten Point Plan Safe Harbor Agreements Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances The Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making Listing Decisions Crisis in the Listing Program: The 1995-1996 Government Shutdown and the Listing Moratorium The 1996 Presidential Election The Sweet Home Case Distinct Population Segments of Vertebrate Species The Clinton Administration and Wolves Improving Application of the Endangered Species Act The ESA in Congress in the Late 1990s The Endangered Species Act at the Turn of the Century Chapter 7: Litigation and Collaboration: The George W. Bush Administration: 2000-2008 The 2000 Presidential Election President George W. Bush and the Environment The Bush Administration’s Conservative Approach to Environmental Protection The Bush Administration and Forest Management Conserving Endangered Species Through Cooperation The Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005: Congress’ Most Serious Threat to the ESA Critical Habitat on Department of Defense Lands Controversy Surrounding Implementation of the Endangered Species Act Under George W. Bush Listing Species Under the Endangered Species Act Delisting Gray Wolves The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzly Bear Listing the Polar Bear The Endangered Species Act in Transition: A Retrospective of the Bush Years Chapter 8: Progress, Reversals, and Uncertainty: Obama, Trump, and Biden: 2008-2021 The 2008 Presidential Election President Barack Obama, Congress, and the Environment The Obama Administration and the Endangered Species Act The Multidistrict Litigation and Listing and Delisting Species The Multidistrict Litigation Settlements and Collaborative Conservation: The Lesser Prairie Chicken Facilitating Collaborative Conservation: The Greater Sage-Grouse Embracing Compensatory Mitigation The Future of the Greater Sage-Grouse Formalizing Species Status Assessments and Conserving Pollinators Improving the Listing Process The “Significant Portion of Its Range” Policy and Other Endangered Species Act Issues The 2016 Presidential Election The Donald J. Trump Administration Environmental Policy Under Trump Revising Greater Sage-Grouse Management Plans Listing and Delisting Species Major Regulatory Changes to the ESA The 2020 Presidential Election The Biden Administration Biden Administration Appointees Biden’s Wildlife Policies Fifty Years of Implementing the Endangered Species Act Part II: Contemporary Issues of the Endangered Species Act Chapter 9: Federalism and Preemption: The Nationalization of American Wildlife Management and the Origins of State-Federal Tension Under the Endangered Species Act The Evolution of Federalism and Preemption From the Mayflower Compact to the US Constitution, 1620-1787 Defining the New Government and the Separation of Powers: 1787-1835 Westward Expansion, the First Industrial Revolution, Dual Sovereignty, and the Public Trust Doctrine: 1835-1861 The Civil War, Reconstruction, the Advent of the Second Industrial Revolution, the Enduring Public Trust Doctrine, and State Ownership of Wildlife: 1861-1896 America’s Changing Culture: Market Hunting, the Lacey Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and the Beginning of the Progressive Era: 1896-1910 The Ethos of the Industrial Revolution Drives the Progressive Movement into America’s Social Fabric and Laws: 1910-1919 Prohibition and Reform: The Emergence of the Administrative State: 1919-1933 The Great Depression, FDR’s New Deal, and a “New” Supreme Court Overwhelms States’ Rights: 1933-1941 The Competing Ideologies that Characterized the Progressive Movement and Beyond: 1890-1940 The Stone Court and the Development of the Presumption Against Preemption in Rice: 1941-1946 The End of the State Wildlife Ownership Doctrine Following World War II: 1946-1969 The Burger Court – State Ownership of Wildlife Declared a Legal Fiction and Anachronism: 1969-1986 The Rehnquist Court: A Continued Swing Towards Conservative Federalism and Preemption: 1986-2005 The Roberts Court and the Development of Area-Specific Jurisprudence: 2005-2022 The Future of Federal Preemption of State Authority Over Wildlife, and the Presumption Against Preemption Doctrine in Wildlife Cases The Endangered Species Act of 1973 and Federalism: The Interpretation and Application of Section 6 The Legislative History of Section 6 of the ESA The House Bill – H.R. 37 The States’ Role under H.R. 37 as Introduced House Committee Debates and Amendments The Senate Bill – S. 1983 The States’ Role Under S. 1983 as Introduced Senate Committee Debates and Amendments Conference Reconciliation and Presidential Approval The Erosion of the States’ Cooperative Role 1975 Regulatory Interpretation of Section 6 Section 6 ESA Amendments, 1976-1978 The 1979 Regulatory Interpretation of Section 6 Section 6 ESA Amendments, 1980 – 1982 Section 6 ESA Amendments – 1988 1994 Section 6(a) Policy 2016 Section 6(a) Policy Judicial Interpretation of Section 6 Confusion over the Extent of the ESA’s Preemption in 1992 Alaska’s Section 6(a) Claim The Future of State and Federal Cooperation and Coordination under the Endangered Species Act Contemporary Challenges for Federalism and State-Federal Cooperation in Wildlife Management Funding Endangered Species Conservation: The Achilles Heel of the ESA Chapter 10: The Constitutional Foundations of the Endangered Species Act The Commerce Clause Principles Nos. 1, 2 and 3: The Substantial Effect, Economic Principle, and Rational Basis Tests Principle No. 4: The De minimis and Aggregation Principle Principle No. 5: Habitat Modification/The Proximate Cause Test Principle No. 6: A Substantial Relationship to the National Interest The Treaty Clause The Spending Clause The Property Clause Chapter 11: Endangered Species Recovery and Delisting: Principles, Application, and Obstacles: Part I – Definitions and State and Private Programs Recovery Under the Endangered Species Act Standards for Recovery and Delisting Early Recovery Planning and Legislative Amendments Contents of a Recovery Plan Recovery in the Courts Case Study: Whooping Crane Recovery: Charting New Waters State and Private Leadership in Recovery Plan Development and Implementation Case Study: The Delmarva Fox Squirrel Case Study: The Kirtland’s Warbler Case Study: Private Conservation Efforts: The Peregrine Falcon Case Study: The California Condor Chapter 12: Endangered Species Recovery and Delisting: Principles, Application, and Obstacles: Part II – Federal Programs, Accomplishments, and Challenges Recovery Efforts by Federal Agencies National Wildlife Refuges The National Park Service The U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management The Department of Defense The Sikes Act Case Study: The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers and the Department of Defense Additional Woodpecker Conservation Efforts The Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program The Sentinel Landscapes Program The Record of Recovery Under the Endangered Species Act Case Studies in Rapid Recovery Case Study: Bald Eagle Case Study: American Alligator Post-Delisting Monitoring Downlisting Recovery Challenges: Inadequate Recovery FundingCase Study: Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Challenges: Inadequate Data and Planning for Recovery Recovery and Ecosystem Conservation Recovery and Delisting of Conservation Reliant Species Recent Progress and Future Prospects for Improvements to Recovery Planning Reflections on Fifty Years of Recovery Chapter 13: Collaborative Conservation: An Alternative to the Endangered Species Act: Part I – Collaborative Conservation Across America Collaborative Conservation Defined Early Collaboration in Conservation Tools of Collaborative Conservation Legal Mechanisms of Collaborative Conservation Farm Bill Funding for Collaborative Conservation Programs and Resources for Landowners Regulatory Certainty for Landowners Under the Endangered Species Act Collaborative Conservation in the Malpai Borderlands Region Collaborative Conservation and Grizzly Bear Recovery The Blackfoot Challenge: Managing Human/Wildlife Conflicts Through Partnership The Louisiana Black Bear The Black Bear Conservation Committee Louisiana Black Bear Conservation Louisiana Black Bear Recovery Innovative Approaches to Protecting Migration Corridors Voluntary Conservation in Maine The Pingree Forest Partnership Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument The Atlantic Salmon The Downeast Salmon Federation The Downeast Lakes Land Trust The Penobscot River Restoration Trust The Longleaf Forest The Gopher Tortoise Chapter 14: Collaborative Conservation: An Alternative to the Endangered Species Act: Part II – Case Studies and Lessons Learned Greater Sage-Grouse Beginnings of Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Planning Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Federal Land Management Planning and Greater Sage-Grouse The Greater Sage-Grouse and Partisan Politics The Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Sage Grouse Initiative Other Sage-Grouse Conservation Programs Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Success The Greater Sage-Grouse’s Future The Bi-State Sage-Grouse The Gunnison Sage-Grouse New England Cottontail The New England Cottontail Conservation Strategy New England Cottontail Conservation Partners New England Cottontail Results Forging a Future of Collaboration: Conservation Without Conflict Lessons of Collaborative Conservation The Promise of Collaborative Conservation – A Roadmap for Our Future Chapter 15: Wildlife Conservation and Biodiversity Fifty Years After the Endangered Species Act The Present Crises The Role of the Endangered Species Act Landscape-Scale Conservation The Record of the Endangered Species Act: Successes and Limitations People: The Missing Ingredient in Wildlife Conservation The Endangered Species Act: Funding and Incentives Improving the Endangered Species Act Accessing Funding Increasing Flexibility Enabling Partnerships The Present Opportunity Acknowledgements Appendix 1: Federal Environmental and Consumer-Protection Statutes and Agencies Established during the 1960s and 1970s Green Revolution Appendix 2: The Endangered Species Act of 1973, As Enacted Appendix 3: The Endangered Species Act of 1973, As Amended Today Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised second edition provides an up-to-date account of essential EU climate mitigation law, analysing an area that remains one of the most dynamic fields of EU law. Special attention is paid to the energy sector and to the impact of climate law on broader legal issues, such as energy network regulation and human rights.Written by leading scholars of EU climate law from the University of Groningen, the book addresses the relevant directives and regulations, examining their implementation and impact on current policy and academic debate. Chapters guide the reader through key topics including the EU emissions trading system, renewable energy consumption, and carbon capture and storage.Key features of the second edition include:A clear and accessible introduction to EU climate mitigation lawComprehensive coverage of the climate targets and instruments of the EUSpecial focus on the relationship between climate law and energy lawNew classroom questions to stimulate further discussion and debateEducational design based on reviews by climate law students and lecturers.Combining educational design and analytical accuracy, this book will be an indispensable guide for both students and professionals. It is highly recommended for courses on EU climate mitigation law, as well as climate law, energy law, environmental law and EU law.Trade Review‘Taken together, the work, in its 12 chapters, masters the self-imposed task of compactly presenting the EU climate law framework in an excellent manner.’ -- Florian Graber, NR - Journal of Sustainable Development Law (translated from the original)‘This is the book the world needs to understand how the EU – a leading light in climate policy – is addressing climate change. Authoritative yet approachable, there is simply no better comprehensive introduction to the issue.’ -- Arden Rowell, University of Illinois, US‘Essential EU Climate Law is a very important contribution to the effort to understand and deal with climate change. It provides a remarkably thorough and readable text on both the nature of EU climate mitigation law and the implications of the laws for society. Offering a clear and detailed account of the history and evolution of EU climate mitigation law it also considers the impact of other legal developments, such as in renewable energy, energy efficiency and carbon capture, that interact with climate laws. It also does an excellent job of integrating other areas of law that are critical to a successful climate mitigation effort including multi-level governance and human rights. This textbook is an outstanding resource for students and professors but it is more than just a textbook. It is also a must read for anyone who wants to understand in depth the essence of EU climate law.’ -- LeRoy Paddock, The George Washington University Law School, US'This second edition of Essential EU Climate Law is a must have for everyone dealing with EU climate regulation. All essential features of the regulation of climate change in the EU are dealt with in this impressive volume by a distinguished group of contributors. It is the primary source of inspiration for anyone looking for first hand information on the state of climate law in the EU.' -- Michael Faure, Maastricht University and Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam, the NetherlandsAcclaim for the first edition:'It establishes the foundation for an understanding of climate change law within the EU and would be of use to those who need to follow, understand and implement the measures described... this is an extremely useful resource, demonstrating good value for money.' -- Gina Nason, Emerald Insight, UK'Woerdman, Roggenkamp and Holwerda have written a comprehensive and readable introduction to EU climate law. All targets and instruments of the EU to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are investigated, including related issues such as energy network management. Useful for every reader from undergraduates to professors and policymakers, this volume ought to be on the bookshelf of anyone interested in climate change mitigation policy.' -- Daniel H. Cole, Indiana University, US'We highly recommended this introductory text for courses covering EU climate mitigation law, and for those involved in the context of broader curricula on climate law, energy law and EU law in general as these areas of law emerged as major subjects in their own right in the next few years.' -- The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Purpose, approach and outline of the book 2 2 EU climate policy 10 PART II ESSENTIAL EU CLIMATE LAW 3 EU emissions trading system 44 4 Regulation of emissions from non-ETS sectors 74 5 Renewable energy consumption 98 6 Energy efficiency 130 7 Carbon capture and storage 156 8 Regulation of fluorinated gases 190 PART III OVERARCHING ISSUES IN EU CLIMATE REGULATION 9 EU climate law and energy network regulation 207 10 Multi-level governance in EU climate law 237 11 Human rights and EU climate law 259 PART IV CONCLUSION 12 The past and possible future of EU climate law 294 Index 304

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A one-stop source on global warming, seen through the prism of a brilliant economist."—Fred Andrews, New York TimesSelected as one of the best books of 2013 in the Financial Times"Nordhaus is arguably the world’s leading thinker on the economics of global warming. . . . His conclusion is clear: Acting to stop climate change costs money. Ignoring the problem costs more. . . . Ultimately, this message, delivered by a number-crunching economist rather than a morally outraged environmentalist, may prove far more effective in making the case for action."—Coral Davenport, The New York Times Book Review"When we have a disjunction between scientific consensus and popular perception—that should light a fire under those of us in the news media. An excellent basis for discussion is the new book The Climate Casino by William Nordhaus."—Nicholas Kristof, New York Times"Provides a comprehensive stocktaking of the possibilities and consequences of global climate change, all of which can be summed up in one sentence: 'Global warming is a trillion-dollar problem requiring a trillion-dollar solution.'"—Sheridan Jobbins, World Economic Forum"Few economists have worked as hard on such problems as William Nordhaus and in this new book, he's on top form."—Jonathan Wright, Geographical Magazine"The economic focus of this book should provide a valuable insight into the challenges and barriers that must be overcome for planners and policy makers."—Alexander Waller, The Biologist“Intriguing, captivating reading” —Anna Maria Polidori, AlFemminile BlogspotWon an Honorable Mention for the 2013 New England Book Festival given by the JM Northern Media Family of Festivals, in the General Non-Fiction CategoryWinner of the 2013 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE), in the Economics category"Nordhaus is the world’s clearest, best informed and most serious thinker on climate change policy. There is more insight and good sense advice in this volume than in many libraries. This book should be as central to climate policy debates as climate change is to humanity’s future."—Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University"Bill Nordhaus is one of the world’s pioneers in applying economic reasoning to the harrowing problem of climate change. Before there was the UN climate treaty, the recent rounds of IPCC reports, and the Stern Review, there was Nordhaus’ path-breaking thinking, modeling, and research on the subject. His new book, The Climate Casino, marks a long-awaited update and synthesis of this work for the public and students everywhere. His core conclusion – that we must act and act now – is carefully explained with Nordhaus’ trademark vigor, clarity, and thoughtfulness. Nordhaus repeatedly and rightly reminds the reader of the risks of catastrophic tipping points and the huge unknowns concerning the ability of societies and ecosystems to adapt to the changes ahead. As he aptly puts it, by investing in slowing and eventually halting the emission of greenhouse gases humanity will be paying a well-justified 'insurance premium' for human wellbeing."—Jeffrey D. Sachs, The Earth Institute at Columbia University"The Climate Casino is one of the most important books ever written about global warming . . . it deals with the problem (climate change and its consequences including economic) and with the solution (primarily a suitable price for carbon). It does so with wonderful clarity."—Thomas E. Lovejoy, George Mason University and The H. John Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment"The Climate Casino is a tour de force and will make a real impact in the popular literature on climate change . . . it brings together all of the important strands of the debate . . . the book is without peer."—Charles Kolstad, Stanford University"This is a book written by a master of the field after more than twenty years of research on the global warming topic."—David Victor, Director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation, University of California at San Diego

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Book SynopsisThis special issue of the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment revisits Professor Christopher D. Stone's iconic 1972 article, and features an introduction by Professor Philippe Sands QC, a set of elegant and thought-provoking reflections on the original article by Baroness Mary Warnock, Professor Ngaire Naffine and Professor Lorraine Code, and an equally elegant and thought-provoking response to their reflections from Professor Stone himself. This thoughtful collection of essays will be a valuable addition to contemporary debates concerning the crucial search for new relationships between humanity and the living world and between human rights and the environment. The renowned contributors offer rich reflections on questions of legal standing, legal subjectivity and epistemology raised by Stone's article, and which have greater salience than ever as we face the environmental and human challenges of the 21st century. Contributors: L. Code, A. Grear, N. Naffine, P. Sands, C.D. Stone, M. WarnockTable of ContentsContents: Editorial Should Trees Have Standing: 40 Years On? Anna Grear Foreword On Being 40: A Celebration of ‘Should Trees Have Standing?’ Philippe Sands Articles Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects Christopher D Stone Should Trees Have Standing? Mary Warnock Legal Personality and the Natural World: On the Persistence of the Human Measure of Value Ngaire Naffine Ecological Responsibilities: Which Trees? Where? Why? Lorraine Code Response to Commentators Christopher D Stone

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Book SynopsisToday’s electric power companies compete to provide cleaner electricity. That’s a good thing, but progress has come with costs, especially for communities reliant on the coal industry. Thomas McGarity examines the changes of recent decades and offers ideas for building a more sustainable grid while easing the economic downsides of coal’s demise.Trade ReviewIn revealing many encouraging emission reductions by the electric power industry, Thomas O. McGarity shows what citizen action, regulation, and competition can contribute to expanding energy efficiencies and renewables like solar and wind. This book is a well-documented, eye-opening antidote to the ‘doom and gloom’ enveloping so many concerned people. -- Ralph Nader, author of Breaking through Power: It’s Easier than We ThinkPollution, Politics, and Power is a tour de force, analyzing environmental regulation of the power industry over the last half-century. With unmatched mastery, McGarity illuminates the current policy debates by placing them in their historical context, with a bull’s-eye on coal. -- Richard Lazarus, author of The Making of Environmental LawHistorians of all stripes will find much to value in Tom McGarity’s impressive new book…a masterful history of the industry’s recent past…Scholars will benefit greatly from McGarity’s exceedingly useful and easy-to-understand treatment of the byzantine regulations governing the power sector…Will likely stand as the definitive recent history of the electricity industry and rapidly declining fortunes of coal, setting the standard for anyone writing on these topics. -- William Boyd * Technology and Culture *

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Book SynopsisCompliance has become key to our contemporary markets, societies, and modes of governance across a variety of public and private domains. While this has stimulated a rich body of empirical and practical expertise on compliance, thus far, there has been no comprehensive understanding of what compliance is or how it influences various fields and sectors. The academic knowledge of compliance has remained siloed along different disciplinary domains, regulatory and legal spheres, and mechanisms and interventions. This handbook bridges these divides to provide the first one-stop overview of what compliance is, how we can best study it, and the core mechanisms that shape it. Written by leading experts, chapters offer perspectives from across law, regulatory studies, management science, criminology, economics, sociology, and psychology. This volume is the definitive and comprehensive account of compliance.Trade Review'This Handbook is an indispensable resource for academics and practitioners interested in compliance and ethics. The book assembles an impressive array of leading experts who tackle critical issues from a variety of perspectives. It is essential reading for those interested in controlling organizational misconduct.' Jennifer Arlen, New York University School of Law, editor of The Research Handbook on Corporate Crime and Financial Misdealing'This Handbook is a gold mine for those serious about comprehending the complexities of compliance in building more effective governance and more decent, less dominating, societies.' John Braithwaite, RegNet, Australia National University, author of Responsive Regulation and Crime, Shame and Integration'It turns out there is a solid 'science of compliance,' and it is represented instructively in this thoroughgoing volume.' Robert Cialdini, Psychology and Marketing, Arizona State University, author of Influence and Pre-suasion'Students, scholars and policy makers have good reason to be grateful to van Rooij and Sokol for assembling in one place so much of what needs to be known about regulation. This rich panoply of paradigms and perspectives collects outstanding work with which to understand the persistent struggle to move beyond ceremonial compliance and actually align performance with legally mandated requirements.' Susan S. Silbey, Sociology and Anthropology, Sloan School of Management, MIT, author of The Common Place of Law'Utilizing a broad brush in thinking about compliance, van Rooij and Sokol have brought together an interdisciplinary who's who of thought leaders who tackle essential issues of conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, and the mechanisms that shape compliance.' Sally S. Simpson, Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, author of Corporate Crime, Law, and Social Control'This sweeping book is an invaluable compendium of key insights gleaned from hundreds of studies on all aspects of compliance. Tapping into scholarship from a wide array of domains, the authors strip away disciplinary jargon and provide structure to enable readers of all backgrounds to learn how government and private-sector rules are established, monitored, and enforced.' Michael Toffel, Technology and Operations Management, Harvard Business SchoolTable of ContentsPart I. Compliance Concepts and Approaches; Part II. Deterrence and Incapacitation; Part III. Incentives; Part IV. Legitimacy and Social Norms; Part V. Capacity and Opportunity; Part VI. Compliance and Cognition; Part VII. Management and Organizational Processes; Part VIII. Measuring and Evaluating Compliance; Part IX. Analysis of Particular Fields.

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Book SynopsisThrough a mix of thematic chapters and case studies, this book offers an analytical approach to developing legal responses which will ensure the needs of present and future generations can be met through energy systems, infrastructure development, and natural resources management in times of increasingly frequent and disruptive nature-based events.Table of ContentsPart I - Introduction 1: Catherine Banet, Hanri Mostert, LeRoy Paddock, Milton Fernando Montoya, and Iñigo del Guayo: Introduction Part II - Defining Resilience in Energy, Infrastructure, and Natural Resources Law 2: Nigel Bankes, Lee Godden, and Íñigo del Guayo: The Role of Law in Fostering or Inhibiting Resilient Energy Systems 3: Catherine Redgwell: Building Resilience from the Top Down? The Role of International Law and Institutions 4: Catherine Banet: Planning for Resilience: Resilience as a Criterion in Energy, Climate, Natural Resources, and Spatial Planning Law 5: Martha M. Roggenkamp: Resilient Energy Systems in the European Union: Critical Infrastructures and Cybersecurity Regulation 6: Alexandra B. Klass and Isaac Foote: Building Resilience into U.S. Energy Transport Infrastructure Part III - State Legal Response to Disruption 7: Hao Zhang: Resilience and Energy Law in China in an Era of Energy Decarbonisation 8: Lee Godden: Law, Resilience, and Natural Disaster Management in Australia: The 'Bushfire Summer' and Critical Energy Networks 9: Damilola Olawuyi: Advancing Resilience to Price Volatility in Oil and Gas Markets: Current Challenges and Ways Forward in the MENA Region 10: Milton Fernando Montoya and Daniela Aguilar Abaunza: Reaction from Public Policy and Regulation after COVID-19 Crisis in Latin America: The Cases of Colombia and Peru in Mining and Electrical Industry 11: José Juan González Márquez: The New Nationalism of the Mexican Energy Policy in a Turbulent International Context 12: Don C. Smith and Donald N. Zillman: Energy Resilience in the United States: Impact of the 2020 Presidential and Congressional Elections Part IV - Project Developers Legal Response to Disruption 13: Anatole Boute: Force Majeure and the COVID-19 Energy Market Crash: Lessons for the Peak Oil Era 14: Alastair R. Lucas: Extreme Natural Event Impacts on the Energy Sector and its Regulation: Canada and North America 15: LeRoy Paddock: Creating a Framework that Supports Resilient Renewable Energy Generation Part V - Strategic Financing and Economic Responses to Disruption 16: Nadia Ahmad: Transnational Energy Law Regimes and Systems Dynamics: Calibrating Finance Mechanisms of the International Renewable Energy Agency and the Energy Charter Treaty 17: Hanri Mostert, Chris Adomako-Kwakye, Kangwa-Musole Chisanga, and Meyer Van den Berg: How Strong Can You Stand if You're on Your Knees? Financing Crises in Africa: Implications for the Natural Resource and Energy Sectors 18: Hans Jacob Bull: Natural Damage Insurance: An Instrument for Economic Resilience 19: Piti Eiamchamroonlarp: Public-Private Partnership in the Reconstruction of the Energy Sector: The Case for EV Buses in Thailand Part VI - Managing Disruption and Resilience at Consumption Level: Access to Energy, Demand Response, Equity 20: Barry Barton: Building Resilience from the Ground Up: Local Supply and Demand Management with Renewables, Prosumers, Energy Efficiency, Critical Minerals, and the Circular Economy 21: Louis de Fontenelle: Increasing the Resilience of the Energy System Through Consumers: Towards Decentralised, Interconnected and Supportive Ecosystems Part VII - Conclusion 22: Catherine Banet, Hanri Mostert, LeRoy Paddock, Milton Fernando Montoya, and Iñigo del Guayo: Conclusion - Managing Disruption and Reinventing the Future: Resilience as Requirement for Legal Frameworks

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Book SynopsisTrusted by generations of students and academics alike, the ninth edition of this leading text continues to provide far-reaching coverage of the essential topics taught on most environmental law courses. The authors consider the areas thematically, tackling the key debates and explaining the subject in its social and political context. The clear and accessible writing style ensures that readers are informed yet not overwhelmed. Known for its clear structure and systematic approach, readers new to the subject are provided with a logical introduction while those with more experience can explore the intricacies of the content. The text is supported by a number of learning features designed to help students engage with the material, develop critical thinking skills, and to guide further research. This book is also accompanied by an Online Resource Centre featuring additional chapters, expanded further reading suggestions for each chapter, annotated web links and legal updates.Trade ReviewIt is an excellent text which combines together all of the principal aspects of environmental law. * Dr Haydn Davies, Associate Professor and Director of Research, Birmingham City University *Table of ContentsPART 1 INTRODUCTORY THEMES; PART 2 INTEGRATED THEMES; PART 3 SECTORAL COVERAGE; AVAILABLE ON THE ONLINE RESOURCE CENTRE

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Book SynopsisChapters on drinking water supply, environmental dimensions of water conservation, water infrastructure for irrigation and flood control, groundwater regulation, and institutions catering to water have been thoroughly updated for a complete coverage of water law.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments; 1: Water Law and Policy in India: Background and Overview; 2: International Law and Policy; 3: Basic Concepts and Principles Related to Water at the National Level; 4: Regulation of Water: General Instruments and Issues; 5: Inter-State River Basins, Water Transfers, and Dams; 6: Drinking Water Supply; 7: Environmental Dimensions: Protection, Conservation, and Sustainable Use of Water; 8: Irrigation, Embankments, and Flood; 9: Regulation, Protection, and Conservation of Groundwater; 10: Water Institutions and Management; 11: Other Legal Instruments Incorporating a Water Dimension; Annexures; Index; About the Authors

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Book SynopsisThe A Practical Approach series is the perfect partner for practice work. Each title focuses on one field of the law and provides a comprehensive overview of the subject together with clear, practical advice and tips on issues likely to arise in practice. The books are also an excellent resource for those new to the law, where the expert overview and clear layout promotes clarity and ease of understanding. A Practical Approach to Environmental Law provides comprehensive coverage of the full range of law and legislation relating to the environment, including; The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004; the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004; and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, written in a clear and user-friendly style. To ensure accessibility and ease of reference, the book is organized into three sections, focussing in turn on; the principles of environmental protection such as the polluter pays principle, the precautionary principle, Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: SUBSTANTIVE AREAS OF LAW; PART III: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

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Book SynopsisA robust, exhaustive, and systematic legal analysis of the conflicts opposing integration of internal market and free competition rules with the environmental protection rules, including climate change rules, taken at an EU and national level.Trade ReviewEU Environmental Law and the Internal Market is a key volume for the study of the EU's environmental policies. All legal scholars dealing with environmental governance, the EU or international institutions are encouraged to add this impressive work to their bookshelves. * Nikolas Sellheim, Review of European Community & International Environmental Law *Environmental Law and the Internal Market is another remarkable work of Nicolas Sadeleer. This very pragmatic book offers answers to very specific questions... [and] it comes as no surprise that the author is deemed to be one of the foremost experts of environmental law at world level. * Alexandra Aragão, RevCEDOUA *Nicolas de Sadeleer is without doubt one of the most productive and thorough of all legal scholars dealing with EU environmental law...in broad brushstrokes, he informs us about the encounter between the two perspectives of EU law; business and free trade on the one hand, and the environment and climate change on the other...he manages to merge the different worlds of business and the environment, which makes the analysis fruitful for readers from all sectors of society, not least practitioners. This is certainly not a book reserved for just one category of reader... an excellent book to place in the hands of law students, civil servants, business lawyers and administrators interested in EU law in connection with free trade, competition and the environment. * Jan Darpö, European Journal of Risk Regulation *De Sadeleer manages to provide a full and encyclopaedic overview of all aspects of EU internal market and competition law through an environmental lens... He addresses a broad range of issues in a clear and accessible way, helped by the inclusion of instructive tables and to-the-point summaries of the main aspects discussed throughout the book. These are helpful tools for non-EU lawyers and non-academics to navigate and gain a comprehensive overview of EU environmental law and associated disciplines. * Leonie Reins, Transnational Environmental Law *As Judge Rosas has pointed out in his foreword, one of the merits of this volume is that it is aimed both at academics and at practitioners. Another is that, rather than treating EU environmental law in isolation, it concentrates on the interaction between that area of law and the internal market; this approach enables the reader to gain a far better understanding of how EU environmental law works in practice. In short, this impressive work is a must for anyone interested in EU environmental law. * Peter Oliver, Common Market Law Review *This is a thought-provoking book in which Nicolas de Sadeleer succeeds in setting out and analysing the relevant law on the environment and the internal market in a clear and accessible manner, while at the same time addressing difficult issues relating to conflict in implementation. This scholarly and comprehensive work not only identifies and addresses these issues at the heart of the EU, but also proposes solutions both legal and practical. * Anne-Michelle Slater, Environmental Law Review *Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION TO EU ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; PART II: THE RESPECT OF TREATY PROVISIONS ON FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, SERVICES, AND ESTABLISHMENT; PART III: COMPETITION LAW AND ENVIRONMENT

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Book SynopsisThis text takes on controversies in environmental law: how to weigh economic costs against environmental quality and human life, how to assess the long-time horizons of environmental problems, and how to make decisions in the face of scientific uncertainty about the scope of environmental problems.

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Book SynopsisThis text offers a critique of the ideological roots of the "Deep Ecology" movement spreading throughout Germany, France and the United States. The author examines European legal cases concerning the status and rights of animals and key ideas that German Romanticism embraced.Table of ContentsPreface. The Passing of the Humanist Era Pt. 1: Animals, or The Confusion of Genres 1: Antinatural Man 2: "Animal Liberation," or The Rights of Creatures 3: Neither Man nor Stone: The Enigmatic Being Pt. 2: The Shadows of the Earth 4: "Think Like a Mountain": The Master Plan of "Deep Ecology" 5: Nazi Ecology: The November 1933, July 1934, and June 1935 Legislations 6: In Praise of Difference, or The Incarnations of Leftism: The Case of Ecofeminism 7: Democratic Ecology and the Question of the Rights of Nature Epilogue. Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism: The Three Cultures Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental law has an unquestionable effect on the species, ecosystems, and landscapes that biologists studyand vice-versa, as the research of these biologists frequently informs policy. But because many scientists receive little or no legal training, we know relatively little about the precise ways that laws affect biological systemsand, consequently, about how best to improve these laws and better protect our natural resources. With Environmental Law for Biologists, ecologist and lawyer Tristan Kimbrell bridges this gap in legal knowledge. Complete with a concise introduction to environmental law and an appendix describing the most important federal and international statutes and treaties discussed, the book is divided into four broad parts: laws that focus on individual species, like invasive species policies, the Endangered Species Act, and international treaties such as CITES; laws that focus on land, from federal public lands to agricultural regulations and urban planning; laws that focus on water, such as the Clean Water Act; and laws that focus on air, such as the Clean Air Act and international measures meant to mitigate global climate change. Written for working biologists and students alike, this book will be a catalyst for both more effective policy and enhanced research, offering hope for the manifold frictions between science and the law.

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Book SynopsisMarketed as a life-saving advancement, flame retardants are now mired in controversy. Alissa Cordner describes how stakeholders use scientific evidence to support nonscientific goals. Toxic Safety demonstrates that while all parties interested in health issues use science to support their claims, they do not compete on a level playing field.Trade ReviewHow could a class of chemicals as dangerous to health and limited in usefulness as flame retardants have become as widespread as they have? How could scientists, advocates, legislators, firefighters, and others mount an effective campaign to curb their use? Toxic Safety tells this story with great finesse, while setting the bar for research on chemical controversy. Cordner's notion of 'strategic science translation' and her elaboration of multiple approaches to risk will be standards for future environmental and public health scholars. -- Phil Brown, author of Toxic Exposures: Contested Illnesses and the Environmental Health Movement The flame retardant controversy serves as a fascinating case study of how scientific policies are made. Toxic Safety is a well-researched, well-organized, and well-written real-life example of how science contributes to policy. -- Julie Herbstman, Columbia University An important, well-documented, and well-told account. Recommended. CHOICE An important contribution to questions about how we regulate environmental chemicals and how stakeholders shape this process. Medical Anthropology ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Uncertain Science and the Fight for Environmental Health 2. Hot Topics: Flame Retardants in the Public Sphere 3. Defending Risk and Defining Safety 4. Strategic Science Translation 5. Negotiating Science 6. Science of Advocacy Conclusion: The Pursuit of Chemical Justice Appendix. Playing the Field: Methodological Reflections Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisMarketed as a life-saving advancement, flame retardants are now mired in controversy. Alissa Cordner describes how stakeholders use scientific evidence to support nonscientific goals. Toxic Safety demonstrates that while all parties interested in health issues use science to support their claims, they do not compete on a level playing field.Trade ReviewToxic Safety is an excellent contribution to environmental and medical social science, and it will be of interest to scholars in sociology, anthropology, and environmental studies. It is also and important resource for activists involved in civic movements for environmental health and environmental justice and for anyone motivated to build a society free of toxic substances. * American Journal of Sociology *Toxic Safety is expansive and detailed; it is well written, and the story is told with clarity and conviction; and it sheds considerable light on the history of the flame retardant industry and the conflicting interests surrounding the use and regulation of flame retardant chemicals, as well as the limitations of science in environmental policymaking. This is an essential book for environmental sociologists interested in risk and environmental policy. -- R. Scott Frey * Contemporary Sociology *An important, well-documented, and well-told account. Recommended. * Choice *Toxic Safety makes an important contribution to questions about how we regulate environmental chemicals and how stakeholders shape this process. The book will be of interest to a range of readers, including environmental sociologists, public health advocates, and those interested in the politics of flame retardants and environmental health. It could usefully be assigned in advanced undergraduate courses and graduate seminars that address environmental politics. -- Rachel Washburn * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *How could a class of chemicals as dangerous to health and limited in usefulness as flame retardants have become as widespread as they have? How could scientists, advocates, legislators, firefighters, and others mount an effective campaign to curb their use? Toxic Safety tells this story with great finesse, while setting the bar for research on chemical controversy. Cordner's notion of 'strategic science translation' and her elaboration of multiple approaches to risk will be standards for future environmental and public health scholars. -- Phil Brown, author of Toxic Exposures: Contested Illnesses and the Environmental Health MovementThe flame retardant controversy serves as a fascinating case study of how scientific policies are made. Toxic Safety is a well-researched, well-organized, and well-written real-life example of how science contributes to policy. -- Julie Herbstman, Columbia UniversityAn important contribution to the scholarship of toxic risk. In particular, the innovative methodology and detailed methodological appendix will be enormously valuable for graduate students and established scholars alike. * Social Science Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. Uncertain Science and the Fight for Environmental Health2. Hot Topics: Flame Retardants in the Public Sphere3. Defending Risk and Defining Safety4. Strategic Science Translation5. Negotiating Science6. Science of AdvocacyConclusion: The Pursuit of Chemical JusticeAppendix. Playing the Field: Methodological ReflectionsNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisAimed at a nonspecialist audience, this book provides concise and comprehensible answers to the core questions cities confront when seeking to develop legally sound local climate policy.Trade ReviewLocal governments are often seen as the engines of climate innovation, and they are. Cities imagine, test, and implement new approaches that, when successful, are adopted across states and beyond. Urban Climate Law provides an important and accessible resource that outlines, in plain language, the legal guardrails that must be considered by local governments as they create new pathways for climate progress. -- Gina McCarthy, former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and first White House National Climate AdvisorCities are central to addressing the biggest sources of greenhouse gases—transportation, buildings, energy generation, and waste. Doing so is legally complex. This book is the first to delineate the legal frameworks and areas of law that apply to local climate policy making. It will help local governments craft sounder policies with increased awareness of the legal constraints and opportunities within which cities operate. -- Michael B. Gerrard, professor and faculty director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law SchoolUrban Climate Law is the resource by lawyers for city practitioners that we’ve been waiting for. As climate change policy in cities requires governments to act boldly and think creatively, there is a constant stream of legal questions that create uncertainty at the local level. This book is going to be the building block needed to unlock city-led action in addressing the climate crisis. -- Laura Jay, regional director for North America, C40 CitiesMichael Burger and Amy E. Turner provide an excellent high-level overview of how U.S. cities can enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the legal obstacles they may face. -- Katrina M. Wyman, Wilf Family Professor of Property Law and Faculty Director, Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy & Land Use Law, New York University School of LawTable of ContentsA Note on Terminology and GlossaryIntroduction1. Cross-Cutting Legal Concepts2. Equity3. Buildings4. Reducing Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions5. Scaling Up Renewable Energy6. Decarbonizing a City’s WasteConclusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisShows how our reliance on environmental law affects the natural environment through an examination of places in the American landscape such as: Adak Island far off the coast of western Alaska; the Susquehanna River running through New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland; Colton in California's Inland Empire; and, Alamogordo in southern New Mexico.Trade Review"Nagle reveals a remarkably nuanced understanding of the many ways that law affects the landscape. I wanted to visit each place after reading the book and found myself looking differently at the landscape around me."—Michael P. Vandenbergh, Carlton Takington Professor of Law and Director, Climate Change Research Network, Vanderbilt University Law School -- Michael P. Vandenbergh“Environmental law and policy are usually talked about in abstract terms. It's easy to lose track of the concrete settings that shape environmental law. This is a two-way interaction: the law itself is shaped by particular disputes in particular places. Professor Nagle resurrects this lost dimension of environmental law in lively, readable narratives. He tells the stories of some of the special places that have been touched by environmental law and of the people who live there. A ‘must read’ for anyone who cares about how the law and the land affect each other.”—Dan Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law and Chair, Energy and Resources Group -- Dan Farber“Nagle has written an important book on environmental law that should be of great interest to students and scholars of law and society.”—J. A. Pierceson, Choice -- J. A. Pierceson * Choice *

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Book SynopsisOver the past 40 years, countries throughout the world have similarly adopted human rights related to environmental governance and protection in national constitutions. Interestingly, these countries vary widely in terms of geography, politics, history, resources, and wealth. This raises the question: why do some countries have constitutional environmental rights while others do not? Bringing together theory from law, political science, and sociology, a global statistical analysis, and a comparative study of constitutional design in South Asia, Gellers presents a comprehensive response to this important question. Moving beyond normative debates and anecdotal developments in case law, as well as efforts to describe and categorize such rights around the world, this book provides a systematic analysis of the expansion of environmental rights using social science methods and theory. The resulting theoretical framework and empirical evidence offer new insights into how domestic and interTrade ReviewIn his superbly-written new book, Professor Josh Gellers offers us an exciting, radically different and ground-breaking transdisciplinary perspective on the emergence of constitutional environmental rights through an innovative application of social science methods and empirical inquiries. As a leading political scientist and legal scholar, Professor Gellers is perfectly placed to pry open restrictive methodological approaches, providing as he does, fresh insights for lawyers to appreciate why countries actually adopt constitutional environmental rights.Professor Louis J. KotzéResearch Professor, North-West University, South AfricaIn this exciting comparative environmental travelogue, Gellers maintains with wealth of impressive empirical evidence that international environmental norms make and mould ‘state identities’ and shape the design of national constitutions. All those especially interested in green governance and Anthropocene justice should find this rich work very rewarding.Upendra BaxiEmeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick and DelhiThe author’s novel interdisciplinary analytical device called "a world cultural framework of constitutional environmental rights" incorporating theories from international relations, sociology and law, seeks to improve our understanding of the emergence of environmental rights. He does so by skillfully drawing upon quantitative and qualitative analyses involving Nepal and Sri Lanka.Sumudu AtapattuDirector of Research Centers at University of Wisconsin Law SchoolIn his superbly-written new book, Professor Josh Gellers offers us an exciting, radically different and ground-breaking transdisciplinary perspective on the emergence of constitutional environmental rights through an innovative application of social science methods and empirical inquiries. As a leading political scientist and legal scholar, Professor Gellers is perfectly placed to pry open restrictive methodological approaches, providing as he does, fresh insights for lawyers to appreciate why countries actually adopt constitutional environmental rights.Professor Louis J. KotzéResearch Professor, North-West University, South AfricaIn this exciting comparative environmental travelogue, Gellers maintains with wealth of impressive empirical evidence that international environmental norms make and mould ‘state identities’ and shape the design of national constitutions. All those especially interested in green governance and Anthropocene justice should find this rich work very rewarding.Upendra BaxiEmeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick and DelhiThe author’s novel interdisciplinary analytical device called "a world cultural framework of constitutional environmental rights" incorporating theories from international relations, sociology and law, seeks to improve our understanding of the emergence of environmental rights. He does so by skillfully drawing upon quantitative and qualitative analyses involving Nepal and Sri Lanka.Sumudu AtapattuDirector of Research Centers at University of Wisconsin Law SchoolOverall, this book is a significant contribution to the growing literature on constitutional environmental rights. Gellers’ empirical, mixed-methods approach sets the bar high for other scholars seeking to tackle the many remaining questions in this field.David Boyd, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the EnvironmentTable of ContentsTable of ContentsList of figures and tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1 Constitutions, human rights, and the environment 2 National constitutions in world society 3 The global expansion of environmental rights 4 The experiences of Nepal and Sri Lanka 5 Constitutions for a greener future? Appendix: Technical discussion of qualitative research methodology Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the time it was first published in 1998, Shipping and the Environment has been the leading text on international and US law and practice in this field. Written by renowned legal and insurance practitioners with over 100 years of combined specialist experience, including first-hand knowledge of many major incidents, it is not only a comprehensive reference work but an abundant source of introductory material and practical insights, all explained with a clarity appreciated by lawyers and non-lawyers alike in a broad international readership. While updating its core subjects of pollution from ships, wreck removal and dumping at sea, this enlarged text extends into other modern areas including pollution from offshore operations after Deepwater Horizon, plastics released into the sea, recycling of vessels, polar operations, and the fast-changing restrictions on carbon emissions from ships, as well as safety threats such as cyberattacks, terrorism and modern forms of piracy.Table of ContentsPART I – INTRODUCTION, 1. THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF SHIPPING, PART II - LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE, 2. COMPENSATION FROM THE SHIPOWNER UNDER THE CIVIL LIABILITY CONVENTION 1992, 3. COMPENSATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUNDS, 4. OIL POLLUTION – THE POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES, 5. POLLUTION FROM OFFSHORE OPERATIONS AND CRAFT, 6. POLLUTION FROM SHIPS’ BUNKERS, PART III – COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE BY HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES, 7. HNS DAMAGE AND THE HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES CONVENTION 2010, 8. HNS DAMAGE – THE POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES, PART IV – ADMISSIBILITY AND ASSESSMENT OF CLAIMS, 9. CLAIMS – GENERAL PRINCIPLES, 10. CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS AND OTHER PREVENTIVE MEASURES, 11.DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, 12. ECONOMIC LOSS, 13. DAMAGE TO NATURAL RESOURCES AND COSTS OF RESTORATION, PART V – THE LAW RELATING TO PARTICULAR PARTIES, 14. SALVORS, 15. CHARTERERS AND CARGO OWNERS, 16. SHIP MANAGERS, OPERATORS AND ASSOCIATED PARTIES, 17. THE OWNERS OF COLLIDING SHIPS, 18. PILOTS AND MARITIME AUTHORITIES, 19. SHIP FINANCIERS, 20. P&I CLUBS AND OTHER LIABILITY INSURERS, 21. HULL AND CARGO INSURERS, PART VI – LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, 22. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR POLLUTION AND HNS DAMAGE, PART VII – PREVENTION, REDUCTION AND CONTROL OF DAMAGE TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT, 23. INTERNATIONAL RULES TO PREVENT POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 24.PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES, 25. THE RESPONSE TO AN INCIDENT – INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS, 26. THE RESPONSE TO AN INCIDENT – THE POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES, 27. REMOVAL OF WRECKS AND DUMPING AT SEA, 28. SHIPMENT OF WASTE AND DISMANTLING OF VESSELS, 29. ENFORCEMENT OF RULES TO PREVENT POLLUTION, 30. CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, APPENDIX, INDEX

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on analysing how legal systems set the terms for interactions between human beings and plants. The story that the book recounts is one of experimental lawmaking in Ecuador, a country where over the past decade, governmental officials and civil society advocates have attempted to reconfigure how human individuals and institutions relate to nature, by following an eco-centric approach to lawmaking. In doing so, Ecuadorian legislators, administrators, and judges have taken seriously the ontologies of non-human entities, including plants, through a process that has required the continuous navigation of tensions with certain logics that pervade conventional legal regimes. The book endeavours to disrupt these conventional assumptions and approaches to lawmaking by taking seriously alternative strategies to reconstitute interactions between people and plants. In doing so, the book argues in favour of an ecological turn in laws that govern vegetal life. The aTable of ContentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction A Note on Methodology Structure of the Book and Chapter Summaries Part 1: Conventional Approaches to the Governance of Human-Plant InteractionsChapter 1. Taking Plants Seriously in Law 1.1. Challenging the Epistemology of Plants 1.2. Recognising Nature as a Subject with Rights 1.3. Eco-centric Ecuador: Constitutional Protections for Pachamama 1.4. Towards an "Ecological Turn" in Law Chapter 2. Turning Plants into Intellectual Property 2.1. Plants as Inventions 2.2. The Emergence of Systems for Plant Breeders’ Rights 2.3. Alternatives to the Plant Breeders’ Rights Model of Intellectual Property for Plants Chapter 3. Universalising an Instrumental Approach to Plants in Law 3.1. The Contraction of Policy Space for Intellectual Property Lawmaking 3.2. The Expansion of UPOV as Explained by Free Trade Agreements Chapter 4. The Logic of Plant Genetic Resources 4.1. The End of the Common Heritage Approach 4.2. The Emergence of the Global Biodiversity Treaties 4.3. The Instrumental, Economic, and Proprietary Logics of Plant Genetic Resources Part 2: Experimenting with an Eco-Centric Approach: An Ecuadorian StoryChapter 5. Reconfiguring Intellectual Property in Ecuador 5.1. The Ingenios Act: Intellectual Property Meets Sumak Kawsay 5.2. The Making of the Ingenios Act 5.3. The Aspirations of the Ingenios Act 5.4. The New Institutionalism of the Ingenios Act 5.5. The Ingenios Act: Reimagination or Recapitulation? Chapter 6. The Ecuadorian Approach to Intellectual Property for Plants 6.1. The Reconstitution of the Plant Variety in the Ingenios Act 6.2. The Limits of Intellectual Property for Plants in the Ingenios Act Chapter 7. Alternatives to Conventional Legal Imaginaries for Human-Plant Interactions 7.1. Seed Law as an Alternative to Intellectual Property 7.2. Traditional Knowledge Protection as an Alternative to Intellectual Property 7.3. Food Sovereignty as an Alternative to Intellectual Property Chapter 8. Lessons from the Ecuadorian Experiment with an Ecological Turn in Lawmaking 8.1. Pachamama Goes to Court: Adjudicating the Rights of Nature 8.2. What the Rights of Nature Jurisprudence Means for Plants 8.3. Lessons from Eco-Centric Experiments in Lawmaking BibliographyAppendix I: Tables Appendix II: Figures

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook provides a state-of-the-art review of research on environmental policy and governance.The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy has a strong focus on new problem structures a perspective that emphasizes the preconditions and processes of environmental policymaking and a comparative approach that covers all levels of local, national, and global policymaking. The volume examines the different conditions under which environmental policymaking takes place in different regions of the world and tracks the theoretical, conceptual, and empirical developments that have been made in recent years. It also highlights emerging areas where new and/or additional research and reflection are warranted. Divided into four key parts, the accessible structure and the nature of the contributions allow the reader to quickly find a concise expert review on topics that are most likely to arise in the course of conducting research or developing policy, and to obtain a broTrade Review"This collection of concisely written articles by a group of leading European and international scholars provides a compelling introduction to important environmental policy themes from both historical and contemporaneous perspectives. Key analytical concepts and paradigms which have guided environmental policy making over the past decades are discussed, factors affecting environmental policy performance and environmental policy change are introduced, and the challenges that will need to be overcome to achieve transformations of energy systems and urban environments are considered. A broad range of topics, including geoengineering, indigenous knowledge in climate policy, the role of litigation, and new forms of environmental activism are covered. The book will be of great use to teachers, students and practitioners looking for a solid overview of central environmental policy concepts, research questions, and empirical approaches."Miranda Schreurs, Professor of Environmental and Climate Policy, Technical University of Munich"This fascinating book provides a wide-ranging overview of advances in the study of environmental policy over the past few decades. The editors are to be commended for their selection of cutting-edge topics and of top-rate scholars to cover them. A great volume that provides an overview of key topic in environmental policy and highlights recent advances in scholarship."James Meadowcroft, Professor at the School of Public Policy, Carleton University, Ottawa, CanadaTable of Contents1 Introduction: A Research Agenda for Environmental Policy Analysis – Past, Present, and Future; PART I Analytical Concepts and Paradigms in Environmental Policy Analysis 2 Emergence and Development of the Environmental Policy Field; 3 Environmental Policy Outputs, Outcomes, and Impacts; 4 The Environmental State; 5 Polycentric Governance; 6 Ecological Modernization and Beyond; PART II Determinants of Environmental Policy Performance 7 Determinants of Performance in National Environmental Policies; 8 Bureaucracy and Environmental Policy; 9 Analytical Perspectives on Environmental Policy Integration; 10 Environmental Policy Implementation; 11 Environmental Policy Evaluation; 12 International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance; 13 The Role of Litigation of Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations in Environmental Politics and Policy; 14 Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Environmental Decision Making: The Case of Climate Change; 15 The Science–Policy Interface and Evidence-Based Policymaking in Environmental Policy: Promises and Pitfalls; PART III Environmental Policy Change 16 Policy Change and Policy Accumulation in the Environmental Domain: Causes and Consequences; 17 Leaders, Pioneers, and Followers in Environmental Governance; 18 Convergence and Diffusion of Environmental Policies; 19 Policy Design for Sustainable Energy and the Interplay of Procedural and Substantive Policy Instruments; 20 Securitization, Climate Change, and Energy; 21 Environmental Policy Dynamics in Southeast Asia: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back; PART IV Transformation of Environmental Policies: Paradigmatic Challenges 22 The Challenge of Long-Term Environmental Policy; 23 Cities and Urban Transformations in Multi-Level Climate Governance; 24 Policy Mixes for Addressing Environmental Challenges: Conceptual Foundations, Empirical Operationalisation, and Policy Implications; 25 Fifty Shades of Sufficiency: Semantic Confusion and No Policy; 26 The New Climate Movement: Organization, Strategy, and Consequences; 27 Geoengineering and Public Policy: Framing, Research, and Deployment; 28 Environmental Policymaking in Authoritarian Countries: The Cases of Singapore and Russia; 29 Environmental Policy in Fast-Growing Economies: The Case of India; 30 Conclusions: Past Achievements and Future Directions for Environmental Policy Research

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the increasing concern over the extent to which those suffering from forced cross-border displacement as a result of environmental change are protected under international human rights law. Formally they are not entitled to admission or stay in a third state country, a situation that has been identified as an international legal protection gap.The book seeks to provide answers to two basic questions: whether and to what extent existing international law protects cross-border environmental displacement, and whether and how existing formalized regional complementary protection standards can interpretively solidify and conceptualize protection for cross-border environmental displacement. The discussion outlines that the protection of the human person is not only an ex post facto obligation of states, but must be increasingly seen as an ex ante one. The analysis further suggests that the European Union regionally orientated protection regime can help states to Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. From environmental change to human displacement; 3. Protection Obligations of States under International Human Rights Law and Related Instruments; 4. Status and Protection Obligations of States under International Refugee Law; 5. Consolidating Protection for Environmental Displacement; 6. Conclusion;

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Book SynopsisThis book uses a transdisciplinary systems approach to examine how Earth's human-caused ecological crisis arose and presents a new legal approach for overcoming it. Ecological Law and the Planetary Crisis first examines how the history of humanity's social metabolism, along with the history of human inventions and ideas, led to the human-Earth dilemma we see today and explains why contemporary law is inadequate for confronting this dilemma. The book goes on to propose ecological lawlaw that maintains human activity within ecological limits such as planetary boundaries while ensuring social justice and equityas an essential element of an urgently needed radical pathway of change toward a perpetual, mutually enhancing human-Earth relationship. Finally, it offers a systems-based analytical tool for organizing actions to promote the transition from environmental to ecological law. Increasing the visibility, clarity and development of ecological law, this book will bTrade Review"Refreshingly, this lucid and engaging book devotes little time to handwringing over this ‘planetary crisis’ and instead moves swiftly to how to transform legal systems to ensure that humanity lives within Earth’s ecological limits. Garver views legal systems as complex, adaptive, and highly interconnected systems, and argues that a transition from environmental laws to ecological laws is essential to bringing about what Thomas Berry referred to as a ‘mutually enhancing human-Earth relationship.’ Geoffrey Garver is a leading ecological law scholar and this book demonstrates why. By showing how to combine an analysis of the ‘leverage points’ which can be used to create systemic change with an assessment of those features that ‘lock in’ resistance to change, he makes an important contribution to our understanding of how to bring about the legal transformations necessary to establish ecologically viable human societies." -- Cormac Cullinan, author of Wild Law: A manifesto for Earth Justice "The timing of this publication is extremely fortuitous. Prior to the Corona-pandemic, ecological law might have been viewed as utopian, now it becomes vitally important for humanity and the book shows why. A precise analysis of systemic failure, it defines the principles and rules of Earth-based law and governance. A truly outstanding read." -- Klaus Bosselmann, University of Auckland, New Zealand"Geoffrey Garver stands without peer on the intersection of ecological law and systems thinking. This nuanced and sophisticated book provides one of the clearest accounts yet about how law can be reconfigured to promote a mutually enhancing human-Earth relationship." -- Peter D. Burdon, Associate Dean (learning and teaching), University of Adelaide Law School, Australia"This book offers a bold vision of ecological law, a radical shift of how we think and go about environmental regulation. [It] will be useful both for students and scholars of environmental law." -- Giorgos Kallis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain"Absolutely indispensable, this fiery legal work introduces the content of ecological law, a conception of law of which the fundamental idea is to regulate the human-Earth relationship within ecological limits without neglecting law’s major principle: justice. Geoffrey Garver is a pioneer and revolutionizes legal theory with his transdisciplinary approach and his direct proposal to test Ecological Law on the political economic level as a strategy for degrowth." -- Cristiane Derani, Dean of Graduate Studies, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, BrazilTable of ContentsPart 1: The Role of Law in the Rise of the Global Ecological Crisis 1. The Anthropocene as a Frame of Reference 2. The Human Dilemma in the Anthropocene 3. Energy Transitions in History and Their Impacts 4. How Conceptual Factors Like Law Helped Lead to the Anthropocene Part 2: The Failure of Environmental Law to Respect Key Ecological Limits 5. An Overview of the Failures of Environmental Law 6. Key Examples of the Inadequacy of Environmental Law Part 3: Ecological Law 7. What is Ecological Law? 8. A Mutually Enhancing Human-Earth Relationship as the Primary Goal for Law 9. The Systems-Based Perspective Underlying Ecological Law 10. The Limits-Insistent Narrative and Planetary Boundaries 11. Eleven Core Features of Ecological Law 12. Ecological Integrity and Attachment to Place in Ecological Law Part 4: Getting from Environmental to Ecological Law 13. A Systems-Based Guide for Moving from Environmental to Ecological Law 14. Overcoming Ecological Challenges of International Trade Part 5: Degrowth and Ecological Law 15. The Degrowth Movement as a Testing Ground for Ecological Law

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Book SynopsisAfrica is endowed with commercially viable quantities of several minerals and metals, and, more than ever before, African countries wish to harness their mineral resources for their economic development. The African mining sector has witnessed a revolution in terms of new mining codes and amendments to extant mining codes, which are designed to achieve a multitude of objectives, including the assertion of greater control over exploitation of mineral resources; optimization of resource royalties and taxes; promotion of equity participation in mining projects; enhancement of indigenization in the form of domestic participation in mineral production and local content requirements; value addition and beneficiation in terms of domestic processing of raw mineral ores and metals in Africa; and the promotion of sustainable practices in the mining sector.This book analyzes the legal and fiscal frameworks for hard-rock mining in several African countries including Botswana, Democratic Table of Contents1 Overview of Mining in Africa; 2 Types of Mineral Rights in Africa; 3 Acquisition of Mineral Rights; 4 Security of Mineral Tenure; 5 Fiscal Regimes for Mineral Exploitation; 6 Legal Stabilization of Mining Investments; 7 Resource Nationalism in The African Mining Industry; 8 Management and Utilization of Mining Revenues; 9 Mining and The Environment; 10 Conclusion

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This book re-imagines law as ecolaw.The key insight of ecological thinking, that everything is connected to everything else at least on the earth, and possibly in the cosmos has become a truism of contemporary theory. Taking this insight as a starting point for understanding law involves suspending theoretical certainties and boundaries. It involves suspending theory itself as a conceptual project and practicing it as an embodied and material project. Although an ecological imagining of law can be metaphorical, and can be highly imaginative and suggestive, this book shows that it is also literal. Law is part of the material everything' that is connected to everything else. This means that once the previous certainties of legal thinking have been dismantled, it is after all possible to think of law as natural' as embedded in and emergent from a normative biophysical nature. The book proposes that there exists a natural nomos: animals, plants, and Earth systems that p

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Book SynopsisUnlocking Environmental Law is the essential introduction to this fascinating, controversial, and fast-moving area of contemporary law, ensuring that you grasp the main concepts with ease. Containing accessible explanations in clear and precise terms that are easy to understand, it provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising Environmental Law.Split into three parts, the book outlines the philosophical foundations of environmental law, and how these have influenced political decision-making. The information is clearly presented in a logical structure and the following features support learning, helping you to advance with confidence: clear learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter set out the skills and knowledge you will need to get to grips with the subject key facts boxes throughout each chapter allow you to progressively build and consolidate your understanding end-of-chapter summaries provide a useful check-list Table of Contents1. Introduction to Environmental Law 2. Philosophy and Ethics 3. Environmental Justice and Climate Justice 4. Environmental Politics and Policymaking 5. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 6. Energy Policy 7. Wildlife Protection and Wildlife Crime 8. Animal Law 9. Climate Change and Air Pollution 10. Water and Marine Pollution 11. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisUnlocking Environmental Law is the essential introduction to this fascinating, controversial, and fast-moving area of contemporary law, ensuring that you grasp the main concepts with ease. Containing accessible explanations in clear and precise terms that are easy to understand, it provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising Environmental Law.Split into three parts, the book outlines the philosophical foundations of environmental law, and how these have influenced political decision-making. The information is clearly presented in a logical structure and the following features support learning, helping you to advance with confidence: clear learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter set out the skills and knowledge you will need to get to grips with the subject key facts boxes throughout each chapter allow you to progressively build and consolidate your understanding end-of-chapter summaries provide a useful check-list Table of Contents1. Introduction to Environmental Law 2. Philosophy and Ethics 3. Environmental Justice and Climate Justice 4. Environmental Politics and Policymaking 5. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 6. Energy Policy 7. Wildlife Protection and Wildlife Crime 8. Animal Law 9. Climate Change and Air Pollution 10. Water and Marine Pollution 11. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book critically explores the legal tools, concepts, principles and instruments, as well as cross-cutting issues, that comprise the field of international environmental law. Commencing with foundational elements, progressing on to discrete sub-fields, then exploring regional cooperative approaches, cross-cutting issues and finally emerging challenges for international environmental law, it features chapters by leading experts in the field of international environmental law, drawn from a range of countries in order to put forward a truly global approach to the subject.The book is split into five parts:â The foundations of international environmental law covering the principles of international environmental law, standards and voluntary commitments, sustainable development, issues of public participation and environmental rights and compliance, state responsibility, liability and dispute settlement.â The key instruments and governance arrangements across the mTable of Contents1. An Introduction To International Environmental Law; 2. Principles, Standards And Voluntary Commitments In IEL; 3. Sustainable Development Law; 4. Compliance, State Responsibility And Liability; 5. Information, Public Participation And Access To Justice In Environmental Matters; 6. Constitutional Environmental Rights, And Rights For The Environment; 7. International Environmental Law Dispute Settlement; 8. Biodiversity, Bio-Security And Bio-Prospecting; 9. International Wildlife Law; 10. International Freshwater Law; 11. Soils, Forestry And Deforestation In International Environmental Law; 12. Fisheries Law; 13. Marine Environmental Protection Law; 14. The Regulation Of Chemicals And Hazardous Waste; 15. Atmospheric And Air Pollution; 16. International Environmental Law And Climate Change; 17. European Environmental Law; 18. Canada, The Us And International Environmental Law; 19. International Environmental Law In Latin America; 20. Africa And International Environmental Law; 21. South-East Asian Regional Environmental Legal Governance And Asean; 22. International Environmental Law And Small Island States; 23. Polar Law And Good Governance; 24. Human Rights And International Environmental Law; 25. The Collective Rights Of Indigenous Peoples And Environmental Destruction; 26. Trade And Environment; 27. International Environmental Law, Financing And Investment; 28. Crime And Environment; 29. Technology As A Tool For Implementation, Compliance And Enforcement; 30. Nuclear Energy And International Environmental Law: Points Of Intersection And Integration; 31. Protection Of The Environment During Armed Conflict And Post-Conflict; 32. Global Plastic Pollution: Curbing Single Use Plastic Production; 33. Climate Migration; 34. Climate Law, Environmental Law, And The Schism Ahead; 35. Future Directions For International Environmental Law

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a legal genealogy of biodiversity of its strategic use before and after the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1993.This history of genetic gold' details how, with the aid of international law, the idea of biodiversity has been instrumentalized towards political and economic aims. A study of the strategic utility of biodiversity, rather than the utility of its protection under international law, the book's focus is not, therefore, on the sustainable or non-sustainable use of biodiversity as a natural resource, but rather on its historical use as an intellectual resource. Although biodiversity is still not being effectively conserved, nor sustainably used, the Convention on Biological Diversity and its parent regime persists, now after several decades of operation. This book provides the comprehensive answer to the question of the convention's continued existence.Drawing from environmental history, the philosophy of science, politicaTable of Contents1. The ‘Undead’ Convention and Environmental Reason 2. Lambswool into Synthetic: Early Programmes 3. The Glare of International Law and the Grand Bargain 4. The Genetic Gold Rush 5. The Regulation of Genetic Gold 6.Conclusion - Still Here

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Book SynopsisThe Law of Trees, Forests and Hedges is the only comprehensive work on this complex area of law an uncoordinated mix of private and public law, common law and statute - as it applies throughout the United Kingdom. It explains the general law on trees, outlines the law relating to commercial forestry, and discusses the protections for important trees and hedgerows, ancient woodlands and historic landscapes.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides a concise introduction for students with little or no legal background, to the role of law in environmental protection. It describes and explains law and legal systems, the concept of the environment, sources of environmental law and some of the techniques used in environmental law. Interdisciplinary in approach, the book explores some of the major connections between law and the disciplines of ethics, science, economics and politics.Environment and Law offers a greater understanding of international and national environmental law and has case-studies from all over the world, including examples from UK, US and Australian law.Trade Review'There will be many academics - not just academic lawyers - who will welcome this volume as a means of introducing students to a range of issues and not just at the undergraduate level.' - Environmental Law and Management'An excellent introduction to the subject ... the style, content and approach to Environment and Law is very effective ... it is highly recommended to everyone with an interest in environmental protection and enhancement.' - Environment Law Foundation Newsletter'There will be many academics - not just academic lawyers - who will welcome this volume as a means of introducing students to a range of issues and not just at the undergraduate level.' - Environmental Law and Management'An excellent introduction to the subject ... the style, content and approach to Environment and Law is very effective ... it is highly recommended to everyone with an interest in environmental protection and enhancement.' - Environment Law Foundation NewsletterTable of ContentsPreface, Table of Cases, Full names of Law Reports, Glossary, Introduction Chapter 1. Law and legal systems Chapter 2. Legal concepts of environment Chapter 3. Sources of environmental law Chapter 4. Principles of environmental law Chapter 5. Techniques of environmental law Chapter 6. The economics of environmental law Chapter 7. Science, law and the environment Chapter 8. Environmental ethics in law Chapter 9. Politics, law and the environment

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Book SynopsisIn this objective, practical and authoritative introductory text the author reveals how the fundamental principles of the human-animal relationship drive the development of animal law. The book explains the criteria by which the lawful use of animals is determined, and how these criteria impact evolving standards of animal protection and define the responsibilities of people in their interactions with animals. The author identifies 29 key principles which constitute the core knowledge necessary for people involved in debating, assessing, and guiding the evolution of society's national and international rulebook of animal welfare law. The book also considers animal welfare and law in the context of a global market through discussion of common issues such as climate change, biosecurity, food safety and food supply. Based on successful law courses run by the author and his own expertise as an animal law lecturer, prosecutor and specialist legal adviser, the book combines Table of Contents29 Fundamental Principles of Animal Welfare Law 1. Introduction Part 1: Animal Welfare and the Need for a Critical Perspective 2. What’s So Important about Animal Welfare? 3. The Need for Critical Assessment rather than Emotional Reaction Part 2: The Foundational Principles of Animal Welfare Law 4. Religion and Reaction: the Foundation of Animal Welfare Law 5. National Law: the Public’s Voice of What is Acceptable 6. International Law is International "Persuasion" Part 3: Putting the Principles and Law into Practice 7. Critically Assessing the Use of Animals in Research 8. Critically Assessing the Use of Animals in Agriculture 9. The Continuing Journey of Animal Welfare and Law

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Book SynopsisLaw and Ecology: New Environmental Foundations contains a series of theoretical and applied perspectives on the connection between law and ecology, which together offer a radical and socially responsive foundation for environmental law. While its legal corpus grows daily, environmental law has not enjoyed the kind of jurisprudential underpinning generally found in other branches of law. This book forges a new ecological jurisprudential foundation for environmental law  where ecological'' is understood both in the narrow sense of a more ecosystemic perspective on law, and in the broad sense of critical self-reflection of the mechanisms of environmental law as they operate in a context where boundaries between the human and the non-human are collapsing, and where the traditional distinction between ecocentrism and anthropocentrism is recast. Addressing current debates, including the intellectual property of bioresources; the protection of biodiversity in view of tribal lTable of Contents1. Looking for the Space between Law and Ecology, Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos 2. Towards a Critical Environmental Law, Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos 3. Foucauldian Inspired Discourse Analysis: A Contribution to Critical Environmental Law Scholarship?, Bettina Lange 4. The Ecological Narrative of Risk and the Emergence of Toxic Tort Litigation, Jo Goodie 5. The Precautionary Principle: Practical Reason, Regulatory Decision-Making and Judicial Review in the context of Functional Differentiation, John Paterson 6. Biotechnology as Environmental Regulation, Alain Pottage 7. Perspectives on Environmental Law and the Law Relating to Sustainability: A Continuing Role for Ecofeminism?, Karen Morrow 8. Animals and the Future Salvation of the World, Piyel Haldar 9. Seeking Spacial and Environmental Justice for People and Places Within the EU, Antonia Layard and Jane Holder 10. Heterotopias of the Environment: Law’s Forgotten Spaces, Andreas Kotsakis 11. Deleuze and the Defence of Nature, Mark Halsey

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Book SynopsisPraise for the Second Edition . . . A basic, how-to guide . . . for all those involved in the construction industry.--The Construction Lawyer This book is indispensable for any contractor who, against his better judgment, bids a fixed price contract . . . highly recommended.--David S. Thaler, The Daily Record Particularly useful to the construction contractor [and] also instructive to owners and design professionals.--Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities Practical advice on how to prevent a dispute--from the moment that the contract preparation begins through performance by the contractor and administration by the owner.--Concrete International Over two successful editions, Construction Claims has become the sourcebook of choice on the subject for construction professionals from all areas of the industry. Now extensively updated, the Third Edition includes new material on design/build implications for construcTable of ContentsCLAIMS--UNDERSTANDING AND AVOIDING THEM. The Groundwork: The Contract. Red Flag Clauses. Differing Site Conditions/Changed Conditions/Geotechnical Baseline Reports. Changes. Environmental Regulation and Contract Claims. Delays. Contractor's Costs of Delays. Owner's Damages for Delays. Bonding. PROSECUTING AND DEFENDING CLAIMS. Documentation and Record Keeping. Claims Presentation. Formal Dispute Resolution. Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisA straightforward description providing readers with a guide to contract law as it relates to construction contracting. Thoroughly explains when a lawyer may or may not be needed and offers guidance for working with one. Prior notice provisions, no damage for delay clauses and conditional payment provisions are among the topics covered.Table of ContentsFormation of Contracts. Construction. Performance or Breach. Breach. Mistake, Duress, Threats, and Undue Influence. Mechanic's Liens. Third-Party Beneficiaries. Illegality. Index.

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental Management Systems (EMSs) are a way in which business and industry can implement a system of self-regulation on their processes, in order to aid the promotion of clean technology. This book brings together wide ranging analysis and practical experience on Environmental Management Systems and Cleaner Production. This highlights the importance of a clear understanding of complex environmental issues and the relative impact of business and industry, linked to national and international standards and regulations, in developing an efficient Environmental Management System. The book begins by addressing the global dimension of EMSs and Cleaner Production by identifying the strategies and policies used to promote cleaner production in industry and the drivers for voluntary EMSs like the international standard ISO 14001; and their implications for business and trade. This is followed by focusing on selected national perspectives, examining the policies, strategies and initiativesTable of ContentsPartial table of contents: THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION. Drivers for International Integrated Environmental Management (J.Wolfe). The Possibility of Cleaner Production Worldwide (S. de Hoo). NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES. Management Systems: Getting Lean, Getting Green in the USA (J.Atcheson). Environmental Management Initiatives in China to Promote CleanerProduction (Y. Zhuang). REGULATION OR SELF-REGULATION? The Role of Regulatory Systems in Requiring Cleaner Processes andRelationships with Voluntary Systems (A. Duncan). EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE. Cleaner Production Through Environmental Management of ProcessInnovations (N. Thorsen). INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE FROM EMERGING AND TRANSITION ECONOMIES. The Greening of Lithuanian Industry: Past and Present (L.Rinkevicius). PRACTICAL CASE STUDIES FROM SMALLER COMPANIES. EMAS Adoption by an SME in the Chemical Sector (V. Biondi & M.Frey). Index.

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Book SynopsisCommercial chemicals contribute to our social welfare, yet can pose serious problems for the environment. How do we recognise these problems? How do we manage them? How do we objectively balance environmental risks with social benefits? This book describes the principles and practices of ecological risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis, asking key but challenging questions such as ''what are we trying to protect?'' and ''how do we undertake a cost-benefit analysis?''. It also shows how these principles are written into legislation. The emphasis is on the EU Directives and Regulations, with a chapter on the instruments and institutions involved; but this is balanced by a review of US and International policies and legislation. In conclusion, the discussion returns to the question of attempting to balance risks with benefits, particularly in the context of the development of sustainable and globally practicable chemical control policies. The text is supplemented by a glossary that deTable of ContentsPrinciples. The Science. Risk Management Methodology. European and UK Axis. Specific Legislation in Britain and Europe. US Legislation with Some Notes on Canada and the Rest of the World. International Organisations and Programmes. The Future.

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Book SynopsisBeloved by academic and general readers alike, Mountains Without Handrails, Joseph L. Sax's thought- provoking treatise on America's national parks, remains as relevant today as when first published in 1980. Focusing on the long- standing and bitter battles over recreational use of parklands, Sax proposes a novel scheme for the protection and management of America's national parks.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"van Zeben and Rowell have provided an accessible interdisciplinary resource that helps readers to understand three major environmental issues and the laws intended to regulate their causes and effects. . . . With or without a background in law, readers can quickly and easily engage with the book content." * Technical Communication *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Spotlight Boxes Preface Part One. Building Blocks of EU Environmental Law 1. Regulating Environmental Impacts 2. Key Actors 3. Types of Law 4. Regulatory Instruments Part Two. EU Environmental Law 5. Contextualizing EU Environmental Law 6. Pollution Control Air Pollution Water Pollution Soil Pollution Chemical Substances Waste Management 7. Ecosystem Management Biodiversity WildlifeSpecial Ecosystems Management: Habitats Agriculture 8. Climate Change Mitigation Adaptation and Natural Hazards Conclusions Acknowledgments Appendix 1. Time Line of EU Environmental Law Appendix 2. Membership of the EU Additional Resources Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisDespite living and working in California, one of the county's most environmentally progressive states, environmental justice activists have spent decades fighting for clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and safe, healthy communities. Evolution of a Movement tells their storyfrom the often-raucous protests of the 1980s and 1990s to activists' growing presence inside the halls of the state capitol in the 2000s and 2010s. Tracy E. Perkins traces how shifting political contexts combined with activists' own efforts to institutionalize their work within nonprofits and state structures. By revealing these struggles and transformations, Perkins offers a new lens for understanding environmental justice activism in California. Drawing on case studies and 125 interviews with activists from Sacramento to the California-Mexico border, Perkins explores the successes and failures of the environmental justice movement in California. She shows why some activists have moved away from the disrTrade Review"Evolution of a Movement is a well-researched, well-written treatment of the arc of California environmental justice…a fresh addition to the literature." * Mobilization *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Environmental Justice Activism Then and Now 1. Emergence of the Disruptive Environmental Justice Movement 2. The Institutionalization of the Environmental Justice Movement 3. Explaining the Changes in Environmental Justice Activism 4. Kettleman City: Case Study of Community Activism in Changing Times 5. California Climate Change Bill AB 32: Case Study of Policy Advocacy Conclusion: Dilemmas of Contemporary Environmental Justice Activism Appendix: Arguments for and against the Environmental Justice Lawsuit Brought against the California Air Resources Board Notes Bibliography Index

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