Becoming a Climate Conscious Lawyer : Climate and the Australian Legal System / Anna Huggins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huggins, Anna, author.

Hawkins, Ellen, author.

Tudor, Steven, author.

Rogers, Nicole, author.

Contributor:

Open Textbook Library, distributor.

Series:

Open textbook library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Textbooks--United States.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Distribution:

Minneapolis, MN : Open Textbook Library

Place of Publication:

Australia : La Trobe University, 2024.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

As the world grapples with the escalating challenges of climate change, the legal profession finds itself at a crossroads. Becoming a Climate Conscious Lawyer: Climate and the Australian Legal System provides an original, innovative, and accessible analysis of the impact of climate change on legal doctrines and principles. It offers an overview of cutting-edge developments and how the transition to a low-carbon society is reshaping a wide range of laws, from corporate to criminal law, and beyond. This valuable new resource supports legal professionals, law students, and legal educators to understand current legal challenges - providing the know-how to strategically navigate, and positively influence, the development of law to respond to a climate changed world. The book delivers a transformative approach to legal education: equipping law students to become climate-conscious professionals with the confidence and competency to deliver legal solutions to a diverse range of clients, and promote climate justice across diverse communities.

Contents:

Foreword

Chapter 1: Legal Education in a Changing Climate

Chapter 2: Climate Change and Administrative Law

Chapter 3: Climate Change and Criminal Law

Versioning History

Review Statement

Glossary

Notes:

Description based on print resource

ISBN:

9780645838848

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access