Environmental law in social context
Subtitle: a Canadian perspective
By: edited by Allan Greenbaum, Alex Wellington, Ron Pushchak
Publisher: Captus Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Concord, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
ISBN-13: 9781553220466
Subjects: Environmental law; Environmental policy; Environnement; Droit; Canada; Aspect social; Politique gouvernementale; Social aspects
Other titles: Social conflict and environmental law.
Notes: Previous ed. published as v. 2 of Social conflict and environmental law : ethics, economics and equity / edited by Allan Greenbaum, Alex Wellington, Ellen Baar.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a "law and society" approach to environmental law; title: 1. Elements of the legal system; title: A. Concepts and terms; title: B. Common law actions; title: C. Constitutional and statutory framework; title: D. Criminal prohibitions; title: E. Regulation and standards; title: F. The international institutional context; title: 2. The regulatory system : standard setting, implementation, monitoring and enforcement; title: A. The political context; title: B. Standard setting; title: C. Implementation and instruments; title: D. Monitoring and enforcement; title: 3. Assessing environmental change; title: A. Environmental assessment; title: B. Science and the law : facts and values and interpretation; title: C. Risk assessment; title: 4. Responses to environmentla conflict; title: A. Avenues for citizen participation; title: B. Environmental mediation.