Advanced Introduction to U.S. Environmental Law

Advanced Introduction to U.S. Environmental Law

Author: Elliott, E. D.

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-10-22

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 1800374909

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Providing a comprehensive overview of the current and developing state of environmental governance in the United States, this Advanced Introduction lays out the foundations of U.S. environmental law. E. Donald Elliott and Daniel C. Esty explore how federal environmental law is made and how it interacts with state law, highlighting the important role that administrative agencies play in the creation, implementation, and enforcement of U.S. environmental law.


Advanced Introduction to Law and Renewable Energy

Advanced Introduction to Law and Renewable Energy

Author: Eisen, Joel B.

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-07-31

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1789906873

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This clear and concise book provides an overview of how laws and policies around the world are designed to support and accelerate the growth of renewable energy. Throughout, Professor Eisen focuses on how national and sub-national governments have responded to the revolutionary transformation of the world’s energy system by developing and implementing support programs for renewable energy.


A Guide to U.S. Environmental Law

A Guide to U.S. Environmental Law

Author: Arden Rowell

Publisher: University of California Press

Published: 2021-02-23

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 0520295242

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Written by two internationally respected authors, this unique primer distills the environmental law and policy of the United States into a practical guide for a nonlegal audience, as well as for lawyers trained in other regions. The first part of the book explains the basics of the American legal system: key actors, types of laws, and overarching legal strategies for environmental management. The second part delves into specific environmental issues (pollution, ecosystem management, and climate change) and how American law addresses each. Chapters include summaries of key concepts, discussion questions, and a glossary of terms, as well as informative "spotlights"—brief overviews of topics. With a highly accessible structure and useful illustrative features, A Guide to U.S. Environmental Law is a long-overdue synthetic reference on environmental law for students and for those who work in environmental policy or environmental science. Pairing this book with its companion, A Guide to EU Environmental Law, allows for a comparative look at how two of the most important jurisdictions in the world deal with key environmental problems.


Advanced Introduction to Community-based Conservation

Advanced Introduction to Community-based Conservation

Author: Fikret Berkes

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-01-29

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1839102233

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Professor Fikret Berkes provides a unique introduction to the social and interdisciplinary dimensions of biodiversity conservation. Examining a range of approaches, new ideas, controversies and debates, he demonstrates that biodiversity loss is not primarily a technical issue, but a social problem that operates in an economic, political and cultural context. Berkes concludes that conservation must be democratized in order to broaden its support base and build more inclusive constituencies for conservation.


Advanced Introduction to International Environmental Law

Advanced Introduction to International Environmental Law

Author: Ellen Hey

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2016-02-26

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1781954585

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Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. This accessible and concise introduction provides a salient overview of contemporary international environmental law as well as a critical assessment of the controversies that arise when trying to achieve environmental protection through international law. Covering the origins, content, institutional structure and accountability mechanisms of international environmental law, in their social-economic and political context, Ellen Hey discusses substantive and procedural fairness, thus exploring questions of distributive justice, accountability and legitimacy. Providing an invaluable entry point to this complex area of the law, this book enables a rapid understanding of the core principles of this multi-faceted topic. Key features include: • Concise and compact overview • Discusses contemporary developments • Examines IEL’s relationship to other areas of international law • Considers the social-economic context.


Advanced Introduction to Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

Advanced Introduction to Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

Author: Paddock, Lee

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-09-21

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1789902207

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This Advanced Introduction provides a clear and accessible guide to the essential elements of environmental compliance and enforcement programs. It examines compliance programs designed to assist regulated entities in meeting their obligations, as well as enforcement tools designed to address non-compliance - such as administrative, civil judicial, and criminal enforcement. Offering an insightful overview of this important area, LeRoy C. Paddock highlights recent developments that are changing the way compliance and enforcement work is practiced.


Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction

Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Elizabeth Fisher

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017-10-19

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0192512625

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Environmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the local to the global, involving a range of different legal and regulatory techniques. In theory, environmental protection is a no brainer. Few people would actively argue for pollution or environmental destruction. Ensuring a clean environment is ethically desirable, and also sensible from a purely self-interested perspective. Yet, in practice, environmental law is a messy and complex business fraught with conflict. Whilst environmental law is often characterized in overly simplistic terms, with a law being seen as be a magic wand that solves an environmental problem, the reality is that creating and maintaining a body of laws to address and avoid problems is not easy, and involves legislators, courts, regulators and communities. This Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the main features of environmental law, and discusses how environmental law deals with multiple interests, socio-political conflicts, and the limits of knowledge about the environment. Showing how interdependent societies across the world have developed robust and legitimate bodies of law to address environmental problems, Elizabeth Fisher discusses some of the major issues involved in environmental law's: nation statehood, power, the reframing role of law, the need to ensure real environmental improvements, and environmental justice. As Fisher explains, environmental law is, and will always be, necessary but inherently controversial. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.


Advanced Introduction to U.S. Federal Securities Law

Advanced Introduction to U.S. Federal Securities Law

Author: Hazen, Thomas L.

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2022-05-13

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1802206256

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Answering the key question of whether there is an obligation for States to define and enact sound climate policies in order to avoid the impacts of global warming, this timely book provides expert analysis on recent global climate cases, assessing not only the plaintiffs’ claims but also the legal reasoning put forward by the courts.


The Transformation of Environmental Law and Governance

The Transformation of Environmental Law and Governance

Author: Sindico, Francesco

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-10-19

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1800889372

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This cutting-edge book considers the functional inseparability of risk and innovation within the context of environmental law and governance. Analysing both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ innovation, the book argues that approaches to socio-ecological risk require innovation in order for society and the environment to become more resilient.


Advanced Introduction to U.S. Data Privacy Law

Advanced Introduction to U.S. Data Privacy Law

Author: Ari E. Waldman

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2023-10-06

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 1800881444

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This timely Advanced Introduction traces the evolution of consumer data privacy laws in the US through a historical lens, and then sets out the current state of play. Waldman describes how privacy laws benefit corporate interests, and highlights the deficiencies of the present approach to the surveillance economy.