Environmental law in Australia / Gerry Bates.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Butterworths, 2016.

9th edition

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Environmental law -- Australia.

Part A: The development of environmental law: institutions, influences and instruments

1. The growth of environmental law

2. Environmental law: the social and legal context

3. Environment protection and the common law

4. International environmental law

Part B: Implementation of environmental law

5. Federal governance and environment protection

6. The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBCA)

7. Environmental legislation: purpose, structure and content

8. Ecologically sustainable development: the template for environmental management

Part C: Environmental assessment: strategic and project-based

9. Strategic environmental planning

10. Development control

11. Environmental impact assessment

Part D: Protection of biodiversity

12. Protected areas

13. Native vegetation

14. Native wildlife and threatened species

Part E: Environmental management: protecting natural assets and environmental values

15. Pollution control

16. Waste and contaminated lands

17. Energy and climate change

18. Management of natural resources

Part F: Environmental litigation: enforcement and accountability

19. Standing in environmental litigation

20. Enforcement of environmental laws: remedies for regulators

21. Civil enforcement: remedies for citizens

22. Challenging environmental decision-making.

Environmental Law in Australia provides a clear and authoritative discussion of the fundamental principles underpinning all environmental initiatives. The author explains how the involvement of the law adds value to the design and implementation of environmental policy, providing an impartial process for resolving conflicts about breaches of the law and environmental decision-making. The ninth edition has been fully revised and extensively updated to cover all relevant new developments in policy, case law and legislation, such as the introduction of national biosecurity legislation, updates on international case law relating to whales and climate litigation, new material on mining and coal seam gas, new case law on public interest litigation, criminal prosecutions and review of environmental decision-making. Significant developments also include: a new chapter on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth); a new chapter on waste and contaminated lands; new material on practical approaches to implementing principles of sustainable development; amendments to the chapter on climate and energy following the repeal of clean energy legislation. The book is designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students of law, environmental science, environmental management and environmental economic disciplines, enabling readers to approach any environmental law with a clear understanding of how it is intended to work and how it will be interpreted. It is also a valuable resource for non-government organisations, public servants, corporate officers and other practitioners. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780409341935

cxxxix, 1041 pages ; 24 cm