Legal regulation of the environment is often construed as a collection of legislated responses to the problems of modern living. Treated as such, -environmental law- refers not to a body of distinctive juristic ideas (such as one might find in contract law or tort) but to a body of black-letter rules out of which a distinct jurisprudence might grow. This book challenges the accepted view by arguing that environmental law must be seen not as a mere instrument of social policy, but as a historical product of surprising antiquity and considerable sophistication. Environmental law, it is argued,...
Legal regulation of the environment is often construed as a collection of legislated responses to the problems of modern living. Treated as such, -env...
Legal regulation of the environment is often construed as a collection of legislated responses to the problems of modern living. Treated as such, -environmental law- refers not to a body of distinctive juristic ideas (such as one might find in contract law or tort) but to a body of black-letter rules out of which a distinct jurisprudence might grow. This book challenges the accepted view by arguing that environmental law must be seen not as a mere instrument of social policy, but as a historical product of surprising antiquity and considerable sophistication. Environmental law, it is argued,...
Legal regulation of the environment is often construed as a collection of legislated responses to the problems of modern living. Treated as such, -env...
