Environmental Law [8320]

£190.00

This acclaimed work provides detailed and authoritative coverage of all the principal areas of environmental law in a single volume, including all relevant EU legislation and its implications in the UK. The new edition has been substantially revised to reflect the rapid development of this area of law and now includes: * Discussion of the functions and powers of the Environment Agency and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency * Increased coverage of Scotland and Northern Ireland * New chapters on economic instruments, climate change, human rights and the contaminated land regime * Coverage of recent developments in the areas of environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment, integrated pollution prevention and control, waste, access to information, genetically modified organisms and pesticides legislation Contents: Sources of environmental law. Environmental regulators and their enforcement powers. Criminal prosections and sentencing. Civil liabilities in the context of environmental damage. The Environmental Liability Directive. Public accountability: public law, public participation and access to information. Climate change. The planning system and environmental protection. Environmental impact assessment. Nature conservation. Water Framework Directive/ pollution. Water: abstraction. Water: flooding and erosion. Environmental permitting: the new regime - IPPC and air. Waste. Contaminated land. Statutory nuisance and noise. Chemicals and pesticides. GMOs. Nuclear. Environmental issues in transactions. Insurance.

Author:	Burnett-Hall, Richard; Jones, Brian; Mylrea, Kathryn; Mylrea, Kathryn
Date Published:	04 March 2006
Document Type:	Books
Format:	Hardback
ISBN:	0421748109
ISBN13:	9780421748101
Pages:	1250
Publisher:	Sweet & Maxwell Ltd

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