Environmental Law and Regulation

by McEldowney, John F.; McEldowney, Sharron

• ISBN13: 9781841741147
• ISBN10: 1841741140
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-07
• Publisher: Blackstone Press

Summary

A systematic explanation of standards in environmental law, together with appropriate case studies covering all the main areas of the environment. It takes account of developments such as the 21st Report of the Royal Commission on Setting Environmental Standards. Specific environmental standards are analyzed across all the main areas of the environment - water, land and air. The future of environmental standard setting is explained in context of the development of European environmental law. This includes the question of how a regional approach to the environment that is consistent with the principle of subsidiarity, may be pursued. Also included are issues relating to the freedom of information and the interrelationship between human rights and the environment. Case examples include Genetically Modified Organisms and the BSE crisis.

Author Biography

John McEldowney is Professor of Law at the University of Warwick. He has written widely in the field of public law and regulation. He is co-author (with Sharron McEldowney) of Law and the Environment. Sharron McEldowney is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology at the University of Westminster. She is the co-editor of the International Journal of Biosciences and the Law and has written widely in the field of science and the law.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Abbreviations	xiii
Table of Cases	xv
Table of Primary Legislation	xvii
Table of Secondary Legislation	xxi
Table of International Instruments	xxv
Table of European Directives in Force	xxvii
Part I Regulating the Environment through Standard-setting	1	(112)
Introduction: Regulation, Standards and Environmental Law	3	(14)
The History of Environmental Regulation and Standards	17	(18)
Setting Standards: How and Why?	35	(15)
Science, Risk Assessment and the Concept of Safety	50	(28)
The Regulators and Standard-setting	78	(15)
The Enforcement of Environmental Standards	93	(20)
Part II Specified Environmental Standards	113	(90)
Environmental Standards and Water	115	(34)
Environmental Standards and Land	149	(25)
Environmental Standards and Air	174	(19)
Envaluating the Future: Sustainable Development and Environmental Standards	193	(10)
Select Bibliography	203	(16)
Index	219