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A reader in environmental law

Author
Hutter B. (ed.)
Date
1999
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-072327)
Publisher | Place of publication
Oxford University Press | New York, NY, USA
ISBN
0-19-876549-5
Pages
426 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
United States of America, Canada, Netherlands
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Economy and environment National implementation/transposal Enforcement/compliance Climate change
Abstract

Contents: (1) Introduction: Socio-legal perspectives on environmental law: An overview Part I: Theoretical approaches (2) Economics and the environment: A study of private nuisance (3) Structural bias in regulatory law enforcement: The case of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Part II: Environmental law and science (4) Holes in the ozone layer: A global environmental controversy (5) Cross-national differences in policy implementation Part III: Government regulation: Implementation and impact (6) Compliance strategy (7) The political economy of environmental regulation: Towards a unifying framework (8) Can social science explain organizational non-compliance with environmental law Part IV: Alternative methods of environmental regulation (9) Regulation and in-company environmental management in the Netherlands (10) Green markets: Environmental regulation by the private sector (11) Designing smart regulation Part V: International environmental law (12) Sleeping with an elephant: The American influence on Canadian environmental policy (13) Towards a new conception of the environmental competetiveness relationship