Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation
Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation

Author: Lin Heng Lye

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 731

ISBN-13: 0199577986

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Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation is an internationally refereed publication devoted to environmental taxation issues on a worldwide basis. It seeks to provide insights and analysis for achieving environmental goals through tax policy. By sharing the perspectives of the authors in response to the diverse challenges posed by environmental taxation issues, effective approaches used in one country may be considered and possibly implemented by governmental authorities in other countries. Each volume contains pioneering and thought-provoking articles contributed by the world's leading environmental tax scholars. This seventh volume focuses on the special problems of the urban environment and the challenges which confront cities and mega-cities. It examines tax issues relating to congestion and pollution control, road pricing and other forms of transportation management, housing and the construction industry, energy generation and consumption, trade, carbon taxes and new eco-service markets, research and development taxes. It contains case studies from developed as well as developing countries. Contributors come from various disciplines, particularly law, accounting and economics. The countries examined include Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kenya, Pakistan, Singapore, Spain, Uganda, and the United States.

California Vehicle Code 2016
California Vehicle Code 2016

Author: John Snape

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-02-05

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 1329884574

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The California Vehicle Code contains almost all statutes relating to the operation, ownership and registration of vehicles (including bicycles) in the state of California in the United States. It also contains statutes concerning the California Department of Motor Vehicles and the California Highway Patrol. The Vehicle Code includes various criminal law sections relating to the theft and misuse of motor vehicles. The Vehicle Code is one of 29 codes containing general statutes adopted by the California legislature and that have either been signed into law by the governor or that have become law without the governor's signature. This is the 2016 edition, and is unabridged.

Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law
Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law

Author: Susan Wolf

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-23

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13: 1134626177

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"Written with real clarity by authors teaching and researching in the field, Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law offers an excellent starting point for both law and non-law students encountering this diverse and rapidly developing subject for the first time. The focus of the book is on the regulation and control of pollution and includes chapters on environmental permitting, waste management, air and water pollution and contaminated land. The book also includes the administration and enforcement of environmental law, EU environmental law, the environmental torts and the private regulation of environmental law. The book is supported by a range of learning features designed to help students: Consolidate your learning: Chapter learning objectives and detailed summaries clarify and highlight key points Understand how the law works in practice: 'Law in Action' features demonstrate the application of pollution control law Plan your research: Detailed end of chapter further reading sections outline articles, books and online resources that provide next steps for your research This sixth edition has been updated and revised to take into account recent developments in the subject, including coverage of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010; developments in the Environment Agency enforcement and sanctions policy documents; updates relating to the defence of statutory authority in the tort of private nuisance; and current issue relating to compliance with the Aarhus Convention Suitable for students of environmental law and the wider environmental studies, Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law is a valuable guide to this wide-ranging subject"--