Implementing environmental law / edited by Paul Martin, professor, University of New England, Armidale NSW, Australia, Amanda Kennedy, associate professor, University of New England, Armidale NSW, Australia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martin, Paul, editor.

Kennedy, Amanda, editor.

Series:

IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series.

IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the Rio +20 conference attention was focused upon the variable effectiveness of a large range of international instruments. The IUCN too has recently began to focus upon the effectiveness of legal arrangements for environmental governance. Both of these developments are representative of an increasing awareness that legal environmental governance arrangements frequently fail to achieve the desired outcomes, or give rise to perverse and unexpected effects. The reasons why this may be so include issues such as the limited commitment of the responsible government or its agents, issues of corru

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction: a jurisprudence of environmental governance?; 1. Accelerating the evolution of environmental law through continuous learning from applied experience; 2. Assessing environmental governance of the Hudson River Valley: application of an IPPEP model; 3. Putting the train of environmental protection on track: Nova Scotia's experiment in using legislation to strengthen environmental governance; 4. Has environmental impactassessment (EIA) lost credibility? Recent concerns from Australia and Canada

5. Contamination and the polluter pays principle6. Possible legal obligations to consult; 7. Implementing international water agreements; 8. Fouling Adam's Eden: a legal analysis of the collective action challenge in Lake Victoria; 9. Marine protection treaties in Antarctic Waters: fragmentation or coordination in international treaty implementation; 10. The effectiveness of instrument mixes in environmental law: insights from ship-source pollution; 11. Implementing environmental law and collaborative governance

12. Private environmental enforcement: using supply chain requirements to achieve better environmental outcomes13. Hybrid governance and 'wicked' natural resource risks; 14. Regulators networks: collaborative agency approaches to the implementation and enforcement of environmental law; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2015).

ISBN:

1-78347-931-0