Green Giants?
Subtitle: Environmental Policies of the United States and the European Union (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)
Contributors: Norman J. Vig (Editor); Michael G. Faure (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: April 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780262220682
Subjects: Central government policies; Conservation of the environment; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Political Science; Environmental Studies; Politics/International Relations; EU (European Union); USA; Environmental Science; Public Policy - General; Reference; Environmental policy; European Union countires; European Union countries; United States
First sentence: The basic duty of governments to act cautiously or to err on the side of safety in protecting public health has been a long-standing principle in the legal systems of nearly all major jurisdictions, including those of the United States and the member states of the European Community.