Full Description
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.
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Providing a comprehensive overview of the current and developing state of environmental governance in the United States, this Advanced Introduction lays out the foundations of U.S. environmental law. E. Donald Elliott and Daniel C. Esty explore how federal environmental law is made and how it interacts with state law, highlighting the important role that administrative agencies play in the creation, implementation, and enforcement of U.S. environmental law.
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Key features include:
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an examination of the key statutes, case law, and controversies involved in the regulation of natural resources
a survey of the broad range of regulations and legal principles that govern the protection of the environment in the United States
analysis of relevant statutes for specific issues including air and water pollution, climate change, endangered species, wilderness preservation, hazardous waste, and pesticides.
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This Advanced Introduction will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of environmental law. It will also be beneficial for environmental lawyers, business executives, NGO leaders, policymakers, and think tank analysts who work on environmental issues.
Contents
Contents: 1. How U.S. environmental law is really made 2. Recurrent themes in U.S. environmental law 3. The Clean Air Act: successful but slow 4. Climate change: an "existential threat" not yet addressed 5. Clean Water Act: major progress but persistent challenges 6. Safe Drinking Water Act: once seen as a problem solved, but now new worries 7. Hazardous waste: extreme measures in the wake of a crisis 8. Regulation of chemicals: from toxic substance control to chemical safety 9. FIFRA: from misbranding to reasonable certainty of no harm 10. Occupational Safety and Health Act: making environments safe on the job 11. OPA90: why economic incentives only work sometimes 12. From protecting endangered species to promoting biodiversity and healthy ecosystems 13. National parks and wilderness preservation: "America's best idea" 14. NEPA and information disclosure: techniques copied around the world 15. Beyond traditional environmental governance: corporate sustainability, performance benchmarking, private standard setting, and public-private partnerships 16. Conclusion: the best and the worst Index
