Green Justice: The Environment and the Courts

ISBN-13: 9780367319304 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 272 str.

Thomas M Hoban;Richard O Brooks

Opis

Do trees have legal rights? What risks to the environment should we legally try to control or prevent? In this updated edition of Green Justice, the authors further explore the interrelationship between the legal system and the environment, using key environmental law cases (over half of which are new selections) on such topics as population and bi

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- Part One -- Environmental, Personal, and Property Rights -- Part Two -- Environmental Statutes -- Part Three -- Fundamental Causes of the Environmental Crisis -- Part Four -- Law as a Means of Attaining Environmental Ideals -- Conclusion -- Chronology of Cases -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- About the Book and Authors.

O autorze

Thomas More Hoban, a New Hampshire attorney, also serves as environmental consultant to several major manufacturing corporations. Richard Oliver Brooks was founding director of the Environmental Law centre and is professor of law at the Vermont Law School. Thomas More Hoban, a New Hampshire attorney, also serves as environmental consultant to several major manufacturing corporations. Richard Oliver Brooks was founding director of the Environmental Law centre and is professor of law at the Vermont Law School.