Publisher's Synopsis
Environmental Protection: Law and Policy welcomes Daniel Bodansky , a leading expert on global climate change and international law, as its distinguished new co-author. Completely updated and revised, the Sixth Edition offers a new chapter covering climate change and a substantially revised chapter on international environmental law.
Environmental Protection: Law and Policy, now in its Sixth Edition, features :
- a complete introduction to the history of environmental protection, laws and regulations, regulatory design strategies, and policy objectives
- analysis of constitutional federalism and related policy questions concerning the design and implementation of environmental protection programs
- an international and interdisciplinary approach that incorporates science, economics, and ethics
- coverage of the major federal pollution control laws—the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, CERCLA, and more
- two chapters on natural resource management issues, focusing on the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act, but also including national forest management
- landmark and cutting-edge cases with explanatory text, notes and questions
- charts and graphics, plus numerous exercises and problems.
- Author website, Teacher’s Manual, and annual summer Professor’s Updates
Completely updated, the Sixth Edition includes:
- a new chapter on climate change that covers important scientific, policy, and program design questions
- coverage of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its implications for environmental assessment, common law liability, remediation of oil spills, and imposition of liability under the Oil Pollution Act
- a new section providing comparative analysis of remediation of chemical and oil spills under CERCLA, RCRA, and the Oil Pollution Act
- substantial revision of the chapter on international environmental law
- recent developments in preemption law
- important cases decided by the Supreme Court and the federal Courts of Appeals since the publication of the last edition
- new problems and streamlined text and note materials
- fully up-to-date Teacher’s Manual, with sample syllabi, teaching suggestions, plus answers and analysis for all problems
*A Teacher's Manual may be available for this book. Teacher's Manauls are a professional courtesy offered to professors only. FOr more information or to request a copy, please contact Aspen publishers at 800-950-5259 or [email protected].
