Judicial Handbook on Environmental Law

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UNEP/Earthprint, 2005 - 131 pages
Deterioration of the Earth's environment increasingly threatens the natural resource base and processes upon which all life on Earth depends. Humans are rapidly exceeding the carrying capacity of the environment and coming generations will suffer deprivation and hardship unless current patterns of production, consumption and waste management are dramatically altered. This handbook is intended to enable national judges in all types of tribunals in both civil law and common law jurisdictions to identify environmental issues coming before them and to be aware of the range of options available to them in interpreting and applying the law. Publishing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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What is Environmental Law?
3
The Basic Principles of Environmental Law
19
Environmental Rights
27
Common Legal Mechanisms for Environmental Protection
33
Litigation
43
Remedies and Enforcement
53
Water
65
Chapter 8
79
Soil
87
Agriculture and Forestry
105
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115
Tourism
123
Toxic and Hazardous Substances and Waste
127
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