A Guide to EU Environmental Law

Written by two internationally respected scholars, this unique primer distills European Union environmental law and policy into a practical guide for a nonlegal audience, as well as for lawyers trained in other jurisdictions. The first part explains the basics of the European legal system, including key actors, types of laws, and regulatory instruments. The second part describes the EU's overarching legal strategies for environmental management and delves into how the EU addresses the specific environmental issues of pollution, ecosystem management, and climate change. Chapters include summaries of key concepts and discussion questions, as well as informative "spotlights" offering brief overviews of topics. With a highly accessible structure and useful illustrative features, A Guide to EU Environmental Law provides a long-overdue synthetic resource on EU environmental law for students and for anyone working in environmental policy or environmental science. This text can also be read with the authors' A Guide to US Environmental Law for a comparative look at how two important jurisdictions in the world deal with key environmental problems.

Autorentext

Josephine van Zeben is Professor of Law and Chairholder of the Law Group at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

Arden Rowell is Professor of Law at the University of Illinois.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations
List of Spotlight Boxes

Preface

Part One. Building Blocks of EU Environmental Law

1. Regulating Environmental Impacts
2. Key Actors
3. Types of Law

4. Regulatory Instruments

   Part Two. EU Environmental Law

5. Contextualizing EU Environmental Law

6. Pollution Control Air Pollution
   Water Pollution
   Soil Pollution
   Chemical Substances
   Waste Management 7. Ecosystem Management Biodiversity
   WildlifeSpecial Ecosystems Management: Habitats
   Agriculture 8. Climate Change Mitigation
   Adaptation and Natural Hazards
   Conclusions

   Acknowledgments
   Appendix 1. Time Line of EU Environmental Law
   Appendix 2. Membership of the EU
   Additional Resources
   Glossary
   Index