This landmark book unveils the history of defending Australia’s
natural environment and examines the subject’s legal and
political contexts from the birth of the nation in 1901 until the
advent of the so-called modern era of environmental regulation in
the late 1960s. It rejects the mythology that Australia lacked
environmental law before the late 1960s in revealing how many of
today’s environmental laws, from pollution control to nature
conservation, emerged from precedents or events much earlier in the
20th century. This history however reveals a discrepancy between
lawmakers’ greater efficacy to exploit rather than protect the
environment, a discrepancy that grew as nature’s backlash
intensified in a rapidly degrading continent colonised to build the
Australian nation. In exploring these dynamics, the book offers a
rich tapestry of case studies illustrated with historic photographs
that show the origins of Australia’s environmental laws and how
they borrowed from international precedents or furnished lessons
for other nations. Through its multi-disciplinary enquiry, the book
offers scholars and students of environmental law, legal history
and the environmental humanities a unique story about the failures
and successes in the making of environmental law.
General
Imprint: |
Hart Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Benjamin J. Richardson
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
376 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5099-6902-9 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-5099-6902-0 |
Barcode: |
9781509969029 |
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