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Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law, 3rd Edition

Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law, 3rd Edition

Author: Richard Burnett-Hall; Brian Jones
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
ISBN: 9780414048072
Published In: December 2012
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law analyses all the principle areas of environmental law in a single volume. You’ll have a resource which covers the full spectrum of topics in this area, from climate change, EIA and nature conservation, to water, IPPC and air, waste, contaminated land, statutory nuisance and noise, to chemicals, GMOs and nuclear.

Includes new chapters on marine protection (dealing with the newly extended legislation on marine conservation, in particular marine protection zones), and environmental marketing (covering “green” advertising, eco-labelling, eco-design and information labelling)
Details the sources of environmental law, including international and EU law
Contains expanded coverage of the EU chemicals regime under REACH, the Plant Protection Products Regulation, and the proposed EU Biocidal Products Regulation
Provides fuller treatment of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008
Examines the issues relating to public accountability, looking at public law and access to information
Considers the complexities of insurance for environmental liability
Covers prosecution and sentencing for environmental damage
Looks at environmental regulators and their enforcement powers

How Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law will help you:

Provides a critical analysis of the relevant law and procedure, clarifying areas of uncertainty and saving research time
Explains and analyses the relevant law and procedure, and considers environmental issues in a commercial context
Sets out the relevant law in a clear and concise way, and provides guidance on the procedures involved in regulating this area
Provides a one-stop reference work on all the main areas of environmental law and its sources
Ensures a clear understanding of both the EU and domestic framework within which parties operate
Ensures practitioners are working with up-to-date information and guidance so they can advise either party when potential breaches of environmental law occur
Assists practitioners in advising clients in regards to the breach of civil liabilities and potential damages
Considers all the important issues surrounding this area of law and makes sure they are explained fully, leaving the reader with a sound knowledge of the subject
Provides information on the need for environmental awareness in commercial transaction and ensuring breaches of environmental legislation do not occur

Part I – The Development of Environmental Law and its Context
Chapter 1 The development and sources of environmental law
Chapter 2 EU law
Chapter 3 Human rights
Chapter 4 Climate change
Chapter 5 Regulators

Part II – Civil Liabilities
Chapter 6 Civil Liabilities in the Context of Environmental Harm

Part III – Statutory Controls
Chapter 7 Planning
Chapter 8 EIAs
Chapter 9 Nature conservation
Chapter 10 Marine protection
Chapter 11 Water pollution
Chapter 12 Water abstraction
Chapter 13 Land drainage, flood defence and coast protection
Chapter 14 Waste
Chapter 15 Air pollution
Chapter 16 Statutory nuisance and noise
Chapter 17 Chemicals
Chapter 18 GMOs
Chapter 19 Radioactive substances and Nuclear installations

Part IV – Remediating environmental damage
Chapter 20 Environmental Damage Remediation - General
Chapter 21 The Environmental Damage Regulations
Chapter 22 Contaminated land

Part V – Applying and enforcing environmental law
Chapter 23 Environmental Permitting
Chapter 24 Criminal prosecutions and sentencing
Chapter 25 Civil sanctions / RESA
Chapter 26 Public law
Chapter 27 Access to information

Part VI – Commercial impacts of environmental law
Chapter 28 Commercial property transactions
Chapter 29 Insurance
Chapter 30 Environmental Performance – Claims and Controls