Green Justice: The Environment And The Courts

by Thomas M Hoban, Richard O Brooks

Overview

Do trees have legal rights? What risks to the environment should we legally try to control or prevent? In this updated edition of Green Justice, the authors further explore the interrelationship between the legal system and the environment, using key environmental law cases (over half of which are new selections) on such topics as population and bi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367319304
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2019
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Thomas More Hoban, a New Hampshire attorney, also serves as environmental consultant to several major manufacturing corporations. Richard Oliver Brooks was founding director of the Environmental Law centre and is professor of law at the Vermont Law School. Thomas More Hoban, a New Hampshire attorney, also serves as environmental consultant to several major manufacturing corporations. Richard Oliver Brooks was founding director of the Environmental Law centre and is professor of law at the Vermont Law School.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- Part One -- Environmental, Personal, and Property Rights -- Part Two -- Environmental Statutes -- Part Three -- Fundamental Causes of the Environmental Crisis -- Part Four -- Law as a Means of Attaining Environmental Ideals -- Conclusion -- Chronology of Cases -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- About the Book and Authors.