Law and environment / edited by P. Leelakrishnan
- Lucknow Eastern Book Co. 1992
- 315p.
To protect and improve the environment a constitutional mandate. It a commitment for country wedded to the ideas a welfare state. This book highlights some of the grave problems that India a developing nation has to face when she sets out to evolve norms of environmental behaviour and apply them in the decision-making processes. The introductory Part makes historical and jurisprudential analysis of the existing laws on environment. Part II deals with the legal management of forest, recognising the role tribal people. The complex questions in dealing with industrilisation are highlighted Part III. Judiciary tries to attain new dimensions in tackling the problems of environmental protection. This is described Part IV. Issues connected with the enforcement the law on environment protection are examined in Part V. Illustrative problems of transboundary pollution are dealt Part VI. A critical analysis the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 made in the subsequent Chapters from different perspectives.
The papers compiled in this volume are written by experts from various disciplines. Some papers were presented in seminars; some others were specially prepared for the book.