File(s) under permanent embargo
Reforming Environmental Law for Responsiveness to Change
Law reform is about change. This contribution argues that such change needs to be about change itself. The earth’s life support systems are experiencing profound and potentially devastating change. Anthropogenic interference with the earth’s atmosphere, nitrogen cycle, biodiversity, and water resources fundamentally challenge the adequacy of current environmental laws, but the forces of change in environmental law are not limited to environmental or climatic conditions. They are also influenced by the ways humans react to change, through large-scale demographic shifts as well as through altering behaviour. Other significant changes either militate or facilitate environmental law reform. These include developments in our understanding of the environmental impacts of human activities and interactions and alterations to the impacts of particular activities when they are modified. Societal values relating to environmental and other priorities are also in a state of constant evolution.
History
Publication title
New Directions for Law in Australia: Essays in Contemporary Law ReformEditors
R Levy, M O'Brien, S Rice, P Ridge, M ThorntonPagination
243-252ISBN
9781760461416Department/School
Faculty of LawPublisher
ANU PressPlace of publication
Acton, ACTExtent
51Rights statement
Copyright 2017 ANU PressRepository Status
- Restricted