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Reimagining Environmental Law

Edited by Amanda Kennedy · Brian Preston · Rowena Maguire · Tiina Paloniitty
New Arrival Edward Elgar Publishing February 2026

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781035340774
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication
February 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This timely book explores how environmental law must evolve to combat urgent global threats, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecological degradation. In order to effectively mitigate these challenges, the book advocates for holistic, inclusive, and creative solutions that prioritise recovery and regeneration.

Examined through global and interdisciplinary lenses, the chapters cover key ecological concerns including climate justice, indigenous rights, mental health impacts, and governance innovation. Leading experts rethink traditional legal frameworks, proposing adaptive models grounded in community participation and systemic reform. They emphasise justice and inclusivity, highlighting how indigenous knowledge systems, youth advocacy, mental health support, and rights-based approaches will help alleviate the current climate crisis. Re-imagining Environmental Law provides a compelling vision for a legal system that nurtures ecological and social wellbeing, prioritising education, care, and a commitment to planetary health for future generations.

This book is a valuable resource for scholars and students in the fields of environmental law and sustainability studies. The book’s focus on rights, community engagement, and governance innovation will also be of great benefit to policymakers, government advisors, NGOs, and civil society advocates.

Table of Contents

Table of cases x
Table of legislation xv

1.
Introduction: re-imagining environmental law 1
Amanda Kennedy, Brian J. Preston, Rowena Maguire and Tiina Paloniitty
2.
Climate change mainstreaming: what role for legislation? 22
Anita Foerster and Alice Bleby
3.
Australian rural environmental law reform: the risk of replacing inefficient rules with feel-good slogans and non-
feasible expectations 46
Paul Martin and Andrew Lawson
4.
The Sword of Damocles? Analyzing China’s ecological environmental damage liability under the new Civil Code 69
Yanmei Lin and Hao Zhuang
5.
Re-imagining water management and law: can the Chinese River Chief System inspire change in the European Union water governance? 100
Li Yuan and Tiina Paloniitty
6.
Climate disasters require ‘Big Country Thinking’: is this possible when neoliberalism retracts and hobbles the state and depoliticises the climate emergency? 124
Rosemary Lyster
7.
Drowning not waving: climate injustice and the Torres Strait Islands 161
Judith Preston
8.
Defining environmental rights 193
William Piermattei
9.
Changing how we view change: the artist’s insight 216
Brian J. Preston
10.
All legal education is climate law education: the core curriculum matters 248
Nicole Graham, Fady Aoun, Anna Huggins, Joanna Kyriakakis, Tanya Mitchell, Elizabeth Newton, Nicole Rogers, Allison Silink and Katie Woolaston
11.
Eco-anxiety: the aftermath of traumatic climate change 286
Siti Hafsyah Idris, Nor Jannah Nasution, Siti Zuraida Maaruf, Maslinawati Mohamad and Fazlena Hamzah
12.
Addressing the environmental dimensions of pandemic prevention in international law 308
Katie Woolaston and Bridget Lewis
13.
Examining the first decade of the management of the TEPCO Nuclear Disaster 334
Mahito Shindo

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