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E-grāmata: Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law 6th edition [Taylor & Francis e-book]

(Northumbria University, UK), (University of Leeds, UK)
  • Formāts: 664 pages, 7 Tables, black and white
  • Izdošanas datums: 23-Sep-2013
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781315885698
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  • Formāts: 664 pages, 7 Tables, black and white
  • Izdošanas datums: 23-Sep-2013
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781315885698
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Written with real clarity by authors teaching and researching in the field, Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law offers an excellent starting point for both law and non-law students encountering this diverse and controversial subject for the first time. Topics covered include administration and enforcement, waste management, EU environmental law, pollution control, environmental permitting, contaminated land, environmental torts and private regulation.

The book is supported by a range of learning features designed to help students:











Consolidate your learning: Chapter learning objectives and detailed summaries clarify and highlight key points





Understand how the law works in practice: Law in Action features demonstrate the application of pollution control law





Plan your research: Detailed end of chapter further reading sections outline articles, books and online resources that provide next steps for your research

This sixth edition has been updated and revised to take into account recent developments in the subject, including coverage of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010; developments in the Environment Agency enforcement and sanctions policy documents; and updates relating to the defence of statutory authority in the tort of private nuisance.

Suitable for students of environmental law and the wider environmental studies, Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law is a valuable guide to this wide-ranging subject.

Susan Wolf is Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Northumbria.

Neil Stanley is Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds.
Preface xiii
Lable of Cases xv
Lable of Statutes xxix
Lable of Statutory Instruments xxxvii
1 Elements of Environmental Law
1(24)
1.1 Introduction
2(1)
1.2 What is environmental law?
2(1)
1.3 Environmental law: an overview
3(1)
1.4 Preliminary issues
3(3)
1.5 The public regulation of private pollution
6(6)
1.6 Private law: the role of the individual, companies and non-governmental organisations in the regulation of pollution
12(1)
1.7 The sources of environmental law
13(1)
1.8 Legal and policy principles
14(3)
1.9 Alternatives to the Command and Control approach to pollution regulation
17(3)
1.10 Summary of key points
20(1)
1.11 Further reading
21(4)
2 The Administration and Enforcement of Environmental Law
25(37)
2.1 Introduction
26(1)
2.2 The system of pollution control prior to the Environment Act 1995
27(4)
2.3 Reasons for change
31(3)
2.4 The Environment Agency
34(15)
2.5 The local authorities
49(1)
2.6 Other bodies concerned with environmental protection
50(3)
2.7 The role of the courts in the administration and enforcement of environmental law
53(7)
2.8 A specialist environmental court?
60(1)
2.9 Online resource centre
60(1)
2.10 Summary of key points
60(1)
2.11 Further reading
60(2)
3 European Union Environmental Law
62(54)
3.1 Introduction
63(1)
3.2 The development of the European Union (EU): from EEC to EU
64(3)
3.3 Sources of EU law
67(3)
3.4 The institutional framework
70(6)
3.5 The enforcement of EU law: direct actions against Member States
76(5)
3.6 Judicial review of EU law
81(3)
3.7 The preliminary rulings procedure
84(1)
3.8 The effect of EU law on the domestic legal system
85(8)
3.9 The development of EU environmental law and policy
93(5)
3.10 The environmental provisions of the TEU and TFEU
98(2)
3.11 Stricter environmental rules in Member States
100(6)
3.12 Environmental Action Programmes
106(3)
3.13 EU environmental legislation
109(4)
3.14 Online resource centre
113(1)
3.15 Summary of key points
113(1)
3.16 Further reading
114(2)
4 Water Pollution
116(68)
4.1 Introduction
118(1)
4.2 Control over water pollution: an overview
119(1)
4.3 Polluting substances and polluting activities
119(3)
4.4 The historical development of the public regulation of water pollution
122(1)
4.5 The water industry and the Water Industry Act 1991
123(1)
4.6 Controlled waters
124(1)
4.7 The regulator's statutory water pollution responsibilities
125(2)
4.8 Permits
127(8)
4.9 Water pollution offences
135(12)
4.10 Defences
147(1)
4.11 Proving water pollution
148(1)
4.12 Enforcement
149(2)
4.13 Preventive approaches to water pollution control
151(4)
4.14 The prevention and remediation of polluted controlled waters
155(2)
4.15 Access to information
157(1)
4.16 The private regulation of water pollution
158(3)
4.17 Disposal of wastes into sewers
161(3)
4.18 Water abstraction
164(4)
4.19 Controls relating to drinking water
168(2)
4.20 The interface of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Water Industry Act 1991 with other statutory water pollution controls
170(1)
4.21 Water pollution: the European Union and the pace of regulatory change
171(7)
4.22 Marine pollution
178(4)
4.23 Online resource centre
182(1)
4.24 Summary of key points
182(1)
4.25 Further reading
183(1)
5 Waste Management
184(75)
5.1 Introduction
186(1)
5.2 The problem of waste
187(3)
5.3 The historical development of statutory waste controls
190(4)
5.4 The legal definition of waste
194(6)
5.5 Exceptions to materials and substances classified as directive waste and exemptions from the requirement to obtain an environmental permit
200(1)
5.6 Hazardous waste
200(2)
5.7 Radioactive wastes
202(1)
5.8 The system of waste regulation
202(4)
5.9 The waste management permitting system
206(7)
5.10 Permit conditions
213(1)
5.11 Permit-related powers
214(2)
5.12 Surrender of permits (reg 25 Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010)
216(1)
5.13 Rights of appeal
217(1)
5.14 Public registers
218(1)
5.15 Supervision and monitoring of permits (reg 34 Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010)
218(2)
5.16 Clean-up powers (s 59 EPA 1990)
220(2)
5.17 Waste offences
222(9)
5.18 Hazardous waste offences
231(1)
5.19 Waste strategy for England and Wales
232(10)
5.20 Producer responsibility
242(2)
5.21 Landfill tax
244(1)
5.22 International waste law
244(1)
5.23 Waste planning
245(1)
5.24 The interface between the waste management regime and other regulatory pollution controls
246(2)
5.25 The duty of care
248(8)
5.26 Civil liability
256(1)
5.27 Online resource centre
256(1)
5.28 Summary of key points
256(1)
5.29 Further reading
257(2)
6 Environmental Permitting
259(44)
6.1 Introduction
260(1)
6.2 The development of an integrated approach to pollution control
261(2)
6.3 The system of integrated pollution control
263(4)
6.4 The Integrated Pollution Prevention Control Directive
267(3)
6.5 The Better Regulation agenda and the introduction of environmental permitting
270(2)
6.6 Environmental permitting: regulated facilities
272(5)
6.7 Environmental permits
277(1)
6.8 The regulatory bodies
278(1)
6.9 Applying for an environmental permit
279(4)
6.10 Public consultation and participation in decision-making
283(3)
6.11 Applications to vary, transfer or surrender an environmental permit
286(1)
6.12 Setting permit conditions and ensuring compliance with the IPPC Directive
287(5)
6.13 Enforcement powers
292(2)
6.14 Appeals and public registers
294(1)
6.15 Criminal law enforcement
295(3)
6.16 The interface of IPPC with other regulatory controls
298(3)
6.17 Online resource centre
301(1)
6.18 Summary of key points
301(1)
6.19 Further reading
302(1)
7 Contaminated Land
303(48)
7.1 Introduction
304(1)
7.2 The legacy of contaminated land and the evolution of the statutory regime
305(6)
7.3 The statutory framework of the contaminated land regime
311(2)
7.4 The definition of contaminated land
313(10)
7.5 The duty to inspect land
323(3)
7.6 The remediation notice
326(7)
7.7 The appropriate person
333(6)
7.8 Allocating the cost of remediation, exclusion and apportionment
339(4)
7.9 The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009
343(3)
7.10 The public register
346(1)
7.11 Interface with other controls
346(3)
7.12 Online resource centre
349(1)
7.13 Summary of key points
349(1)
7.14 Further reading
349(2)
8 Air Pollution
351(30)
8.1 Introduction
352(1)
8.2 Problems caused by air pollution
353(1)
8.3 Historic controls
354(1)
8.4 Government policy
354(1)
8.5 The Environment Act 1995 and air quality in England and Wales
355(4)
8.6 Other legislative controls
359(1)
8.7 Local authority air pollution control (LAAPC)
360(1)
8.8 The Clean Air Act 1993 (CAA)
360(8)
8.9 Statutory nuisances relating to air quality
368(1)
8.10 Pollution from motor vehicles
369(1)
8.11 EU legislation
370(3)
8.12 Acid rain, ozone, global warming and the international dimension
373(2)
8.13 Climate change and England and Wales
375(3)
8.14 Online resource centre
378(1)
8.15 Summary of key points
378(1)
8.16 Further reading
379(2)
9 Statutory Nuisance
381(37)
9.1 Introduction
382(2)
9.2 What are the statutory nuisances?
384(1)
9.3 Prejudicial to health or a nuisance
384(4)
9.4 The specific statutory nuisances and corresponding exemptions
388(5)
9.5 Responsibility of the local authorities
393(2)
9.6 Abatement notices
395(7)
9.7 Appeals against an abatement notice
402(3)
9.8 Non-compliance with an abatement notice
405(3)
9.9 Defences against non-compliance with an abatement notice
408(5)
9.10 Action by citizens
413(2)
9.11 Relationship with other legislative controls
415(1)
9.12 Online resource centre
416(1)
9.13 Summary of key points
416(1)
9.14 Further reading
417(1)
10 Noise Pollution
418(59)
10.1 Introduction: the problem of noise and the legal regulation of noise
419(6)
10.2 Noise policy and the EU Environmental Noise Directive
425(4)
10.3 National noise strategy and noise policy statement
429(2)
10.4 Noise prevention; emission standards
431(2)
10.5 Controlling noise from construction sites
433(1)
10.6 Noise from loudspeakers and intruder alarms
434(2)
10.7 Control of industrial noise: environmental permitting
436(1)
10.8 Prevention of noise through the planning system
437(4)
10.9 Neighbourhood noise
441(2)
10.10 The common law as a tool for the resolution of noise disputes
443(9)
10.11 Noise as a statutory nuisance
452(11)
10.12 Failure to comply with an abatement notice
463(5)
10.13 The Noise Act 1996
468(4)
10.14 Other statutory provisions
472(1)
10.15 Alternative dispute resolution and mediation
473(1)
10.16 Online resource centre
474(1)
10.17 Summary of key points
474(1)
10.18 Further reading
475(2)
11 Environmental Torts
477(49)
11.1 Introduction
478(1)
11.2 Common law actions (environmental torts)
479(1)
11.3 Remedies
480(3)
11.4 General defences to intentional torts
483(1)
11.5 Torts and environmental damage
484(1)
11.6 Nuisance
484(1)
11.7 Private nuisance
484(12)
11.8 Human rights
496(1)
11.9 Public nuisance
497(2)
11.10 Defences in public nuisance and private nuisance actions
499(1)
11.11 Remedies in nuisance actions
500(1)
11.12 Negligence
500(7)
11.13 Trespass
507(3)
11.14 The rule in Rylands v Fletcher
510(4)
11.15 Cambridge Water Co v Eastern Counties Leather plc
514(3)
11.16 An evaluation of the environmental torts as a means of environmental protection
517(3)
11.17 Statutory civil actions
520(1)
11.18 Statutory provisions which alter rights under common law
521(1)
11.19 Civil liability and the EU
522(1)
11.20 Online resource centre
523(1)
11.21 Summary of key points
523(1)
11.22 Further reading
524(2)
12 The Private Regulation of Environmental Pollution: Public Concern, Private Prosecution, Judicial Review, Access to Information and Human Rights
526(68)
12.1 Introduction
527(1)
12.2 Public concern
528(7)
12.3 Recognition of the need for public participation
535(2)
12.4 The Aarhus Convention
537(1)
12.5 Access to environmental information
538(4)
12.6 Environmental Information Regulations 2004
542(12)
12.7 Public participation in environmental decision-making
554(2)
12.8 Access to justice in environmental matters---the Aarhus Convention and EU legislation
556(7)
12.9 Judicial review in English law
563(13)
12.10 Private prosecutions
576(3)
12.11 Human rights
579(12)
12.12 Online resource centre
591(1)
12.13 Summary of key points
591(1)
12.14 Further reading
592(2)
Appendix: Legal Resources: A Basic Guide for Non-Lawyers 594(3)
Index 597
Susan Wolf is Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Northumbria.



Neil Stanley is Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds.