Law In Environmental Decision Making

Author : Tim Jewell,Jenny Steele
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198260776

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Law in Environmental Decision-making by Tim Jewell,Jenny Steele Pdf

This collection of essays adopts a distinctive approach to environmental legal issues. The contributors represent a variety of specialisations, ranging from public law to international law and international relations. Some essays are written from within a UK domestic law perspective, butothers adopt a broadly comparative, supra-national or international approach.The contributors do not assume that problems and solutions in 'environmental law' should be perceived as wholly distinct from the preoccupations of existing legal specialisms. New and proposed legal responses inevitably build on or employ established legal techniques, rather than startingcompletely afresh. The contributors do however, regard environmental problems as posing or at least illuminating significant challenges to received patterns of legal thought. In the light of this, the contributors therefore investigate aspects of law's influnce in environmental decision-making, andconsider whether legal institutions and forms of thought can respond adequately to the challenge of environmental change.

Author : LeRoy Paddock,Robert L. Glicksman,Nicholas S. Bryner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Environmental law
ISBN : 178347839X

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Decision Making in Environmental Law by LeRoy Paddock,Robert L. Glicksman,Nicholas S. Bryner Pdf

Environmental issues are at the heart of some of the most complex and consequential decisions that society must face in pursuit of a more sustainable future. They encompass the international, national, and local levels and engage all branches of government. Decision Making in Environmental Law, one of the constituent volumes in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law, brings together some of the leading experts in the field and provides a structured overview of the various dimensions of decision making from an environmental law perspective. Topics include: the use of treaties, common law tools, rulemaking, access to information, regulatory structures, market-based and trading mechanisms, monitoring and reporting, voluntary programs and private regulation, environmental impact analysis, public engagement and environmental justice, administrative and judicial review, and the role of environmental courts and tribunals.

Author : Jane Holder,Maria Lee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521690269

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Environmental Protection, Law and Policy by Jane Holder,Maria Lee Pdf

This 2007 book examines environmental law from a range of perspectives, emphasising the policy world from which environmental law is drawn and nourished. Those working within the discipline of environmental law need to engage with concepts and methods employed by disciplines other than law. The authors analyse the ways in which legal activities are supported and legitimated by work in traditional scientific or technical domains, as well as by certain more obscure but also influential cultural or philosophical assumptions. A range of regulatory techniques is explored in this book, through a close examination of both pollution control and land use. The highly complex nature of current environmental problems, demanding sophisticated and responsive legal controls, is illustrated by several in-depth case studies, including legal and policy analysis of the highly contested issues of genetically modified organisms and renewable energy projects.

Author : A. Dan Tarlock,John C. Dernbach
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781848261136

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Environmental Laws and Their Enforcement - Volume I by A. Dan Tarlock,John C. Dernbach Pdf

Environmental Laws and Their Enforcement is a component of Encyclopedia of Social Sciences and Humanities in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The volume on Environmental Laws and Their Enforcement deals, in two volumes , with a myriad of issues of great relevance to our world such as: Sustainable Development and National Governance; History of Environmental Law; International Environmental Law; Constitutional Law; International Binding Mechanisms; Laws Governing Freshwater and Ground Water Pollution; Forestry; Biodiversity Conservation and Endangered Species Protection; International Guidelines and Principles; Compliance Models for Enforcement of Environmental Laws And Regulations; International Environmental Law; Life Support Systems: Law and Policy; The Principle of Sustainable Development in International Development Law; Environmental Pollution Regulations; Social Concerns for Environmental Exposures to Toxic Substances; Regulation of Air and Pollutants. These volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students, Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers and NGOs.

Author : Virginia H. Dale,Mary R. English
Publisher : Springer
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461214182

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Tools to Aid Environmental Decision Making by Virginia H. Dale,Mary R. English Pdf

This book is unique in identifying and presenting tools to environmental decision-makers to help them improve the quality and clarity of their work. These tools range from software to policy approaches, and from environmental databases to focus groups. Equally of value to environmental managers, and students in environmental risk, policy, economics and law.

Author : Elizabeth D. Mullin
Publisher : Environmental Law Institute
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 158576017X

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The Art of Commenting by Elizabeth D. Mullin Pdf

The Art of Commenting takes the reader through a logical, step-by-step approach to reviewing environmental documents and preparing comments.

Author : Jacqueline Peel
Publisher : Federation Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : 1862875197

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The Precautionary Principle in Practice by Jacqueline Peel Pdf

The precautionary principle puts forward the 'commonsense' notion that decision-makers should be cautious when assessing potential health or environmental harms in the absence of the full scientific facts. It is now a well-established tenet of environmental law. The debate has turned to its legal implementation, especially its application 'in practice'. The Precautionary Principle in Practice - Environmental decision-making and scientific uncertainty focuses on these issues. It considers how decision-makers can assess threats to health or the environment when the available scientific evidence is sparse and discusses the types of 'uncertainties' that bring the precautionary principle into play.Peel uses detailed case studies which examine the implementation of the precautionary principle in actual decision-making scenarios: fisheries management; risk assessment for genetically modified organisms; and environmental impact assessment for development applications. She demonstrates an approach that takes account of variable uncertainty issues and can be adapted to different circumstances to ensure a comprehensive assessment of the potential threats to health or the environment. Jackie Peel has a background in both science and law. She took a BSC/LLB with 1st class honours at the University of Queensland and holds an LLM from New York University where she studied in 1999-2000 as a Fulbright Scholar. She is now is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne.

Author : John Martin Gillroy,Joe Bowersox
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0822328658

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The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making by John Martin Gillroy,Joe Bowersox Pdf

DIVA roundtable discussion on the missing ethical dimension in environmental policy./div

Author : Jason Unger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Alberta
ISBN : 0921503849

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A Guide to Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making in Alberta by Jason Unger Pdf

Author : Chad J. McGuire
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351568081

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Environmental Decision-Making in Context by Chad J. McGuire Pdf

Because of the complexity involved in understanding the environment, the choices made about environmental issues are often incomplete. In a perfect world, those who make environmental decisions would be armed with a foundation about the broad range of issues at stake when making such decisions. Offering a simple but comprehensive understanding of the critical roles science, economics, and values play in making informed environmental decisions, Environmental Decision-Making in Context: A Toolbox provides that foundation. The author highlights a primary set of intellectual tools from different disciplines and places them into an environmental context through the use of case study examples. The case studies are designed to stimulate the analytical reasoning required to employ environmental decision-making and ultimately, help in establishing a framework for pursuing and solving environmental questions, issues, and problems. They create a framework individuals from various backgrounds can use to both identify and analyze environmental issues in the context of everyday environmental problems. The book strikes a balance between being a tightly bound academic text and a loosely defined set of principles. It takes you beyond the traditional pillars of academic discipline to supply an understanding of the fundamental aspects of what is actually involved in making environmental decisions and building a set of skills for making those decisions.

Author : Maria Lee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781782254089

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EU Environmental Law, Governance and Decision-Making by Maria Lee Pdf

A vast and diverse body of EU law addresses an enormous range of environmental matters. This book examines a number of areas of substantive EU environmental law, focusing on the striking preoccupation of EU environmental law with the structure of decision-making. It highlights the observation that environmental protection and environmental decision-making depend intimately on both detailed, specialised information about the physical state of the world, and on political judgments about values and priorities. It also explores the elaborate mechanisms that attempt to bring these distinctive decision-making resources into EU environmental law in areas including industrial pollution, chemicals regulation, environmental assessment and climate change.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309290234

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Environmental Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty by Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Decision Making Under Uncertainty Pdf

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is one of several federal agencies responsible for protecting Americans against significant risks to human health and the environment. As part of that mission, EPA estimates the nature, magnitude, and likelihood of risks to human health and the environment; identifies the potential regulatory actions that will mitigate those risks and protect public health1 and the environment; and uses that information to decide on appropriate regulatory action. Uncertainties, both qualitative and quantitative, in the data and analyses on which these decisions are based enter into the process at each step. As a result, the informed identification and use of the uncertainties inherent in the process is an essential feature of environmental decision making. EPA requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) convene a committee to provide guidance to its decision makers and their partners in states and localities on approaches to managing risk in different contexts when uncertainty is present. It also sought guidance on how information on uncertainty should be presented to help risk managers make sound decisions and to increase transparency in its communications with the public about those decisions. Given that its charge is not limited to human health risk assessment and includes broad questions about managing risks and decision making, in this report the committee examines the analysis of uncertainty in those other areas in addition to human health risks. Environmental Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty explains the statement of task and summarizes the findings of the committee.

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Decision making
ISBN : UIUC:30112121403585

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Setting Environmental Standards by World Health Organization Pdf

Author : Jason Unger,Environmental Law Centre (Alta.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Alberta
ISBN : 0921503830

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A Guide to Participating in Environmental Decision-Making in Alberta by Jason Unger,Environmental Law Centre (Alta.) Pdf

Author : PAUL. MULDOON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 177255572X

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INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY IN CANADA. by PAUL. MULDOON Pdf