<i>‘Yang, Telesetsky and Phillips discuss a great variety of topics and jurisdictions, presented by excellent colleagues, with a very nice emphasis on private, public and criminal enforcement of environmental law.’</i>

- Kurt Deketelaere, Secretary-General of the League of European Research Universities,

Discussing the law in theory and in practice, Comparative Environmental Law identifies the ways in which regulatory systems converge or diverge, examining key developments in international legal frameworks from every continent.



Expert contributors review different comparative approaches and examine how these can be applied to the study of environmental law. They outline environmental impact assessments at project level and explore the importance of information disclosure in pollution management. Chapters also present insights into environmental human rights policies, covering compliance and enforcement, as well as biodiversity and water laws across the Americas and Europe. The handbook provides forward-thinking analyses of emerging areas, such as renewable energy and the impact of environmental policies on Indigenous communities, and presents an expansive overview of current environmental issues, including land contaminations, mining regulations and food waste.



An essential resource for legal scholars and researchers, this handbook is also useful for students of environmental management and government officials involved in law-making and international development.

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Contents Foreword xiv xiii PART I Overview 1 Introduction to Comparative Environmental Law 2 Tseming Yang, Anastasia Telesetsky and Sara K. Phillips 2 An introduction to comparative environmental law 8 Tseming Yang PART II Planning and sustainability 3 Project-based environmental impact assessment: comparative study and projected trends 35 Krittika Singh, Timo Koivurova, Katri-Maaria Kyllönen and Pamela Lesser 4 Strategic environmental assessment in environmental law: a comparative perspective 59 Evan Hamman and Jill Blakley 5 Information disclosure as a pollution management tool: pollution release and transfer registries 81 Rónán Kennedy 6 Comparative urban sustainable development law and governance and the urban commons 103 Hoi L. Kong PART III Rights-based frameworks 7 Environmental human rights: a critical comparative view 119 James R. May 8 Access to environmental information under international law 148 Rebecca Bratspies 9 Environmental law and policy and Indigenous peoples 169 Heather Tanana and Elisabeth Parker 10 Rights of nature: time for a next generation normative paradigm shift? 193 Anastasia Telesetsky PART IV Accountability 11 Compliance and enforcement 668 Lee Paddock 12 Comparative environmental criminal law 689 Michael Faure 13 Specialist environmental courts and tribunals 714 Ceri Warnock 14 A comparative study of environmental public interest litigation 736 Yanmei Lin and Juan Chu PART V Sectors 15 Contaminated land 758 Yuhong Zhao 16 Energy transition and renewable energy law 777 Hsing-Hao Wu and Hisako Takahashi 17 Comparing approaches to water quality regulation 799 Robin Kundis Craig 18 Comparative Latin American and United States water law 818 Peter L. Reich 19 Mining law and governance: structures and challenges 837 Sara K. Phillips 20 Comparative food waste law and policy 864 Carrie Bradshaw, Patricia Galvão-Ferreira and Heather McLeod-Kilmurray 21 Biodiversity laws of the US and EU 895 Madeline Kass 22 Uniform and locally tailored emission standards in American and European air pollution law: the impact of historical regulatory traditions 915 Noga Morag-Levine
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781788971195
Publisert
2025-07-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
524

Biografisk notat

Edited by Tseming Yang, Santa Clara University School of Law, Anastasia Telesetsky, California Polytechnic State University, USA and Sara K. Phillips, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand