Ghanaian Environmental Law

Ghanaian Environmental Law

Author: George Agyemang Sarpong

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780854902507

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The book deals with basic doctrinal issues such as the nature, sources and development of environmental law in Ghana. The role of regulatory bodies in environmental management and protection and the regulatory frameworks for the conservation, management and utilisation of natural resources are also discussed.


Human Rights and the Environment under African Union Law

Human Rights and the Environment under African Union Law

Author: Michael Addaney

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-08-21

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 3030465233

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This book brings together original and novel perspectives on major developments in human rights law and the environment in Africa. Focusing on African Union law, the book explores the core concepts and principles, theory and practice, accountability mechanisms and key issues challenging human rights law in the era of global environmental change. It, thus, extend the frontier of understanding in this fundamental area by building on existing scholarship on African human rights law and the protection of the environment, divulging concerns on redressing environmental and human rights protection issues in the context of economic growth and sustainable development. It further offers unique insight into the development, domestication and implementation challenges relating to human rights law and environmental governance in Africa. This long overdue interdisciplinary exploration of human rights law and the environment from an African perspective will be an indispensable reference point for academics, policymakers, practitioners and advocates of international human rights and environmental law in particular and international law, environmental politics and philosophy, and African studies in general. It is clear that there is much to do, study and share on this timely subject in the African context.


International Environmental Law and Policy in Africa

International Environmental Law and Policy in Africa

Author: B. Chaytor

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 9401701350

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C.O.OKIDl1 I welcome the opportunity to prepare a Foreword to the book on Environmental Policy and Law in Africa, edited by Kevin R. Gray and Beatrice Chaytor. It is a pleasure to do that because the book is a contribution to the cause of capacity building for development and implementation of environmental law in Africa, a goal towards which I have had an undivided focus over the last two decades. There is still some belief in and outside Africa that for developing countries in general, and Africa in particular, development and implementation of environmental law is not a priority. This belief prevails strongly in many quarters of the industrialised countries. In fact, the view is held either out of blatant ignorance or by some renegade industrialists who fail to appreciate Michael Royston's 1979 thesis that Pollution Prevention Pays.2 That group, for obvious reasons, must have their correspondent counterparts in Africa to provide hope that industries rejected as derelict in the West or inoperable due to rigorous environmental regulation, can find homes to which they can escape and dump their polluting industries.


International Environmental Law

International Environmental Law

Author: Pierre-Marie Dupuy

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-06-07

Total Pages: 597

ISBN-13: 1108423604

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A concise, clear, and legally rigorous introduction to international environmental law and practice covering the very latest developments.


The Balancing of Interests in Environmental Law in Africa

The Balancing of Interests in Environmental Law in Africa

Author: Willemien Du Plessis

Publisher: PULP

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 698

ISBN-13: 1920538054

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"Now that economic development is starting to pick up in many countries in Africa, the question arises how such development can be balanced with the need for adequate environmental protection. This crucial issue, inherent in the notion of sustainable development, is addressed in this innovative and path-breaking volume. For the first time, academics from seventeen African countries have joined forces to analyse the way in which economic and environmental interests are balanced in their legal systems. The authors all use a common framework to improve the comparability of the country studies. The different country-related chapters do not only provide insights into the formally applicable legal rules (law in the books), but given that the book brings together academics aware of the practice in Africa, they also describe the way in which environmental policy functions in practice (law in action). Many case studies, with conceptual analyses are provided of pollution incidents and the way in which administrative agencies or courts have on those occasions balanced the interests between the economy, society and the environment. A critical comparative analysis by the editors points at tendencies towards convergence and points of divergence between the African countries. Suggestions for policy reform are also formulated, showing African countries how they can benefit from experiences in the US and Europe. This thought provoking volume is a must for anyone (academic, policymaker or practitioner) interested in sustainable development generally and in Africa in particular."--P. [4] of cover.


The Legal and Regulatory Framework for Environmental Impact Assessments

The Legal and Regulatory Framework for Environmental Impact Assessments

Author: Mohamed Abdelwahab Bekhechi

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780821351154

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An Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) is a procedure for evaluating the impact of proposed activities on the environment. In modern Africa, EIAs are a growing reality and a matter of law in 22 sub-Saharan African countries. This volume examines various aspects of EIA legislation in these countries, including: definitions and prescribed activities; public participation and consultation; the review process and the quality of EIA reports; monitoring and enforcement; compatibility; and transboundary issues. It highlights the role and degree of public participation for the further development of EIA law and policy.


Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio

Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio

Author: Jamie Benidickson

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2011-08-31

Total Pages: 427

ISBN-13: 1781002991

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It demonstrates that a great deal has been achieved in the field of environmental law since the 1990s. However, the extraordinary environmental crises facing humanity in the 21st century indicate a continuing urgent need for the generation of robus


Judicial Handbook on Environmental Law

Judicial Handbook on Environmental Law

Author: Dinah Shelton

Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9280725556

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"This handbook is intended to enable national judges in all types of tribunals in both civil law and common law jurisdictions to identify environmental issues coming before them and to be aware of the range of options available to them in interpreting and applying the law. It seeks to provide judges with a practical guide to basic environmental issues that are likely to arise in litigation. It includes information on international and comparative environmental law and references to relevant cases."--P. iii.


Advancing Civil Justice Reform and Conflict Resolution in Africa and Asia

Advancing Civil Justice Reform and Conflict Resolution in Africa and Asia

Author: Nelson F. Kofie

Publisher:

Published: 2021-08-09

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781668434895

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"This book delves into issued of 'Civil justice' which refers to that part of a legal system that is concerned with the legal relations between people (including 'legal persons') as distinct from 'criminal justice' i.e. that part of the legal system concerned with actions by the state against people and looks at contracts, personal injury, property and the breakdown of family relations as familiar examples of civil disputes"--