Environmental Law

"An acclaimed work that has been substantially revised in this new edition, Environmental Law: provides detailed and authoritative coverage of all the principle areas of environmental law in a single volume; includes reference to all relevant EU legislation and its implications in the UK as well as providing increased coverage of Scotland and Northern Ireland; reflects the rapid development of this area of law; discusses the functions and powers of the Environment Agency and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency; includes new chapters on economic instruments, climate change, human rights and the contaminated land regime; and covers recent developments in the areas of environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment, integrated pollution prevention and control, waste, access to information, genetically modified organisms and pesticides legislation."--BOOK JACKET.