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Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law, 2nd Edition

Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law, 2nd Edition

Name: Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law, 2nd Edition
Brand: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
SKU: 9780421748101
Price: 2910.00 HKD
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Author: Richard Burnett-Hall; Brian Jones
ISBN: 9780421748101

Edited by Richard Burnett-Hall · Brian Jones

Sweet & Maxwell U.K. December 2008

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780421748101
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
Publication: December 2008
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

An acclaimed work that has been substantially revised in this new edition, Environmental Law:

Provides detailed and authoritative coverage of all the principle areas of environmental law in a single volume
Includes reference to all relevant EU legislation and its implications in the UK as well as providing increased coverage of Scotland and Northern Ireland
Reflects the rapid development of this area of law
Discusses the functions and powers of the Environment Agency and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
Includes new chapters on economic instruments, climate change, human rights and the contaminated land regime
Covers recent developments in the areas of environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment, integrated pollution prevention and control, waste, access to information, genetically modified organisms and pesticides legislation

Sources of environmental law
Environmental regulators and their enforcement powers
Criminal prosecutions and sentencing
Civil liabilities in the context of environmental damage
The environmental liability directive
Public accountability: public law, public participation and access to information
Climate change
The planning system and environmental protection
Environmental impact assessment
Nature conservation
The water framework directive and water pollution
Water abstraction
Land drainage, flood defence and coast protection
Environmental permitting: the new regime - IPPC and air
Waste
Contaminated land
Statutory nuisance and noise
Chemicals and pesticides
GMOs
Nuclear
Environmental issues in transactions
Insurance

Reviews

"Overall this is a most impressive feat of scholarship... Well-written and well-referenced, this is a book which specialist practitioners will find of great value." - New Law Journal

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