Elizabeth Fisher Environmental Law (Paperback) Very Short Introductions
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Further Details Title: Environmental Law Condition: New EAN: 9780198794189 ISBN: 9780198794189 Publisher: Oxford University Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 10/26/2017 Item Height: 175mm Item Length: 112mm Item Width: 10mm Author: Elizabeth Fisher Language: English ISBN-10: 0198794185 Description: 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. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Book Series: Very Short Introductions Genre: Law & Politics Item Weight: 148g Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction Topic: Science Nature & Math Release Year: 2017 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
