Environmental Law A Conceptual and Pragmatic Approach

Name: Environmental Law A Conceptual and Pragmatic Approach
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ISBN: 9780735594487

ISBN-10: 0735594481

ISBN-13: 9780735594487

Edition: 2nd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: David M. Driesen, Robert W. Adler, Kirsten H. Engel

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Environmental Law: A Conceptual and Pragmatic Approach offers a uniqueconceptual approach to teaching environmental law. The authors present astructured treatment of federal environmental law that focuses on coreconcepts rather than individual statutes. Using illustrative cases andstatutory provisions, the text identifies key concepts surroundingenvironmental goals and responsibility as well as enforcement of the law,thereby providing students with the means to understand any statutory scheme.The authors have designed this casebook to effectively help studentsunderstand environmental issues in all contexts:they use a focused approach to explore the different ways of settingenvironmental…

Book details

List price: $221.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date: 2/8/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 744
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.036
Language: English

KIRSTEN H. ENGEL has a broad back-ground in environmental law and policy that spans academia and public sector practice. Most recently she has devoted her scholarship and public outreach to issues surrounding global climate change and specifically the response to climate change by subnational units of government. She has held visiting professorships at the Harvard Law School and the Vanderbilt School of Law.




The Nature and Evolution of Environmental Law



The Nature of Environmental Problems



Common Law Solutions



From Common Law to Administrative Law



The Goals and Objectives of Environmental Statutes



Goals for Particular Regulations



Effects-Based Standards



Technology-Based Standard Setting



Cost-Benefit Approaches



The Means of Environmental Protection



Traditional Regulation



Economic Incentives



Information-Based Approaches



Moving Upstream: Pollution Prevention and Recycling



Environmental Restoration



Allocation of Responsibility



Private Cleanup Responsibility



Allocation of Government Responsibility



Decision-Making for International Environmental Problems



Enforcement



Detecting Violations. Permitting, Monitoring, Record-keeping, and Reporting



Government Enforcement



Citizen Enforcement