Environmental Principles and the Evolution of Environmental Law (Hardcover)

Environmental principles - from the polluter pays and precautionary principles to the principles of integration and sustainability - proliferate in domestic and international legal and policy discourse, reflecting key goals of environmental protection and sustainable development on which there is apparent political consensus. Environmental principles also have a high profile in environmental law, beyond their popularity as policy and political concepts, as ideas that might unify the subject and provide it with conceptual foundations or boost its delivery of environmental outcomes. However, environmental principles are elusive legal concepts. This book deepens the legal understanding of environmental principles in light of recent legal developments. It analyses the increasing legal effects of environmental principles in different jurisdictions and demonstrates how they are shaping and revealing innovative and evolving bodies of environmental law. This analysis is a step forward in understanding a key feature of modern environmental law and presents a robust methodology for dealing with novel legal concepts in the subject. It also makes a contribution to environmental policy debates and discussions internationally that rely heavily on environmental principles, including their supposed legal effects.

General

Imprint:	Hart Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2017
First published:	2014
Authors:	Eloise Scotford
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-84946-297-6
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Comparative law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > Environment law Promotions
LSN:	1-84946-297-6
Barcode:	9781849462976

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