Environmental Law: Cases and Materials

by Philip Weinberg

Overview

This environmental law casebook relates statutory environmental law to land-use issues and common-law remedies. The third edition adds recent important judicial decisions relating to hazardous waste, oil tanker controls, the National Environmental Policy Act, citizen standing, and includes significant material on international environmental law, energy and environmental justice concerns.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781572921627
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/27/2001
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

Philip Weinberg is Professor of Law, St. John's University, New York.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Environment and the Courts
Chapter 2 Nuisance
Chapter 3 Land Use Controls
Chapter 4 Protection of Fish and Wildlife
Chapter 5 Air Quality
Chapter 6 Noise Controls
Chapter 7 Water Quality
Chapter 8 Energy Conservation
Chapter 9 Solid Waste and Toxic Substances
Chapter 10 The National Environmental Policy Act
Chapter 11 Electric Generation
Chapter 12 International Environmental Law
Chapter 13 Table of Cases
Chapter 14 Table of Authorities
Chapter 15 Index

Editorial Reviews

"This environmental law casebook is designed to reflect the vital and symbiotic connection between land-use regulation and the more traditional scope of environmental law" (from the introduction). Weinberg (law, St. John's U.) presents cases relating to areas such as nuisance, land use controls, protection of fish and wildlife, air and water quality, toxic waste, the National Environmental Policy Act, and international environmental law. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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