Books

Online guide to finding books in the Library

General areas to browse in the the library

Material on international environmental law is shelved at SG75.
European Union material on the environment is shelved at GO1.A1.C.7 or GO1.A8.C.7.
Comparative environmental law material is shelved at SB75.
Books on environmental law for individual jurisdictions are shelved with material for that jurisdiction, e.g. GA2.C.7 for environmental law of England and Wales.

A number of core texts are shelved in the Short Loan collection. Check the Library Catalogue for details.

Selection of specific book titles

Bell, S. & McGillivray, D.		Environmental law		2008
Birnie, P., & Boyle, A.		International law and the environment.		2009.
Bodansky, D. et al.		Oxford handbook of international environmental law		2007
Bowman, M. et al.		Lyster's international wildlife law		2010
		Burnett-Hall on environmental law		2009
Faure, M & Peeters, M		Climate change and European emissions trading : lessons for theory and practice.		2008
Hughes, D.		Environmental law.		2002
Kramer, L.		EU environmental law.		2011
Peeters, M & Deketelaere, K		EU climate change policy : the challenge of new regulatory initiatives.		2006
Sands, P.		Documents in international environmental law		2004
Sands, P		Principles of international environmental law.		2003.
Sands, P		Documents in European Community environmental law		2006.
Kiss, A., & Shelton, D.		International environmental law.		2004
Jans, Jan H.		European environmental law: after Lisbon		2012
Robinson, J.		Climate change law : emissions trading in the EU and UK		2007
Scott, J.		Environmental protection: European law and governance		2009
Soltau, F.		Fairness in international climate change law and policy		2009
Sunkin, M., & Ong, D.M		Sourcebook on environmental law.		2000.
Stephens, T.		International courts and environmental protection		2009
Wolf, S.		Wolf & Stanley on environmental law.		2011
Zillman, D. N.		Beyond the carbon economy.		2008

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Web Resource Guides

International Environmental Law , by Anne Burnett (ASIL guide)

Ecolex - a Gateway to Environmental Law

The European Commission on the Environment. The EU Climate and Energy Package. A selection of links to related EU resources.

 

Globalex guide to International Environmental Law Research. 2010 update. by Heidi Frostestad Kuehl

Oceans and Law of the Sea - United Nations - UN texts and resources on the law of the sea, with useful links to other UN environmental bodies

Ozone Secretariat of the UN Environment Programme

Eagle-i
Annotated links to quality sources of  environmental law on the web (maintained by IALS)

 

Social Science Research Network  This web resource allows the user to search using keywords across a broad range of social science topics including environmental law and climate change. Many of the articles are research papers published by US Law Schools and are mostly freely available to download. The keyword search covers set subject headings and the text of the abstract.

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Legislation, Treaties and Conventions

Online guide to finding legislation in the library

A selection of resources held in the Library (printed and electronic)

Great Britain Public and General Acts	Also available on the UK Statutes database
Halsbury's Statutes
Up-to-date electronic sources with commentary available on Lexis Library and Westlaw databases
United Kingdom Treaty Series
United Nations Treaty Series
Justis.com	Legislation and treaties of the European Union

A Selection of individual documents on the web.

AARHUS Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters adopted 25 June 1998		Available in the United Nations Treaty Collection   and also  on the UNECE site with update information about current status
COM(2008) 30 final   Commission Communication 20 20 by 2020: Europe's climate change opportunity		Available on the Eur-Lex web site
Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources		Available on Eur-Lex
Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community		Available on Eur-Lex
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 10 December 1982		Use the United Nations Treaty Collection
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 11 December 1997		Use the United Nations Treaty Collection
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 16 June 1992		United Nations Environment Programme , but also on the United Nations Treaty Collection

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Cases

Online guide to finding cases in the library

Selection of titles held by the Library or available in full text on the Internet

Environmental Law Reports		Also on Westlaw
International Environmental Law Reports
International Court of Justice		Decisions available on Westlaw (1947-)
Permanent Court of International Justice
WTO and GATT Panel Decisions		Decisions available on Westlaw
European Court of Human Rights publications: Series A		Decisions etc. are available free on HUDOC , and European human rights cases are also available on Westlaw and Lexis .
European Court Reports (European Court of Justice)		Available on Lexis , Westlaw , and for free on and Eur-lex

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Journal Articles

Online guide to finding journal articles in the library

Selection of titles held by the Library or available in full text on the Internet

Environmental law (Northwestern School of Law)
Environmental law and management
Environmental law review	Also available on  Hein-On-Line
Harvard environmental law review	Also available on Hein-On-Line
Journal of energy and natural resources law	Also available on Hein-On-Line
Journal of environmental law	Also available on Hein-On-Line & Ingenta
Macquarie journal of international and comparative environmental law [online]
Natural resources and environment	Also available on Hein -On-Line
Review of European Community and international environmental law	Also available on Wiley InterScience
Revue juridique de l'environnement
Southeastern environmental law journal (online)
Sustainable development law and policy [online]
William & Mary journal of environmental law (online)	Available on Hein-On-line
Yearbook of international environmental law

Selection of specific articles

Depledge, J. Crafting the Copenhagen consensus: some reflections.		RECIEL (2008) 17(2), 154-165
Lee, M. Sustainable development in the EU		Environmental law review. (2007) 9(1) 41-46.
Inglis, K. Enlargement and the European Acquis		RECIEL (2004) 13(2), 135 -151
Purdy, J.  "Climate change and the limits of the possible" August 2008		Duke Law School Public Law and Legal Theory Paper No. 217. Available on the web site of the Social Science Research Network
Rajamani, L. From Berlin to Bali and beyond: Killing Kyoto softly		International and comparative law quarterly (2008) 57(4) 909-939
Spence, C. et al. Great expectations: Understanding Bali and the climate change process.		RECIEL (2008) 17(2), 142-153
Stallworthy, M. Sustainability, coastal erosion and climate change: an environmental justice analysis.		Journal of Environmental Law. (2006) 18(3) 357-373

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