Environmental law
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Environmental law is a body of law, which is a system of complex and interlocking statutes, common law, treaties, conventions, regulations and policies which seeks to protect the natural environment which may be affected, impacted or endangered by human activities. Some environmental laws regulate the quantity and nature of impacts of human activities: for example, setting allowable levels of pollution. Other environmental laws are preventive in nature and seek to assess the possible impacts before the human activities can occur. This area of law is sometimes known as environmental impact assessment. Environmental law is practiced in the public interest, by groups and individuals seeking environmental protections for general public benefit, but it is mostly practiced in the private interest, by groups and individuals that undertake polluting or environmentally destructive activities, and who seek to avoid violating environmental laws in the process.
Top Environmental Law Schools
As rated by www.top-law-schools.com- 1. Vermont Law School
- 2. Lewis and Clark College Law School
- 3. Pace University School of Law
- 4. University of Maryland Law School
- 5. Georgetown University Law Center
- 6. New York University Law School
- 7. University of California-Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
- 8. Stanford University Law School
- 9. George Washington University Law School
- 10.Yale University Law School
- 11.Columbia University Law School
- 11.University of Colorado Law School
- 12.Tulane University Law School
- 13.University of Texas Law School
- 14.University of Oregon Law School
- 15.University of Washington Law School
- 16.Harvard Law School
- 17.Boston College Law School
- 18.Duke University Law School
- 19.University of Utah Law School
- 20.Florida State University College of Law
Environmental Law Reviews & Journals
- Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
- Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
- Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law & Policy
- Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
- Dickinson Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
- Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
- Ecology Law Quarterly (UC Berkeley)
- Energy Law Journal (University of Tulsa)
- [Environmental Law]
- [Environmental Law Reporter]
- Environmental Lawyer
- Fordham Environmental Law Review
- Georgetown International Environmental Law Review
- Great Plains Natural Resources Journal (Univ. South Dakota)
- Harvard Environmental Law Review
- Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
- Journal of Energy Law & Policy
- Journal of Energy, Natural Resources, & Environmental Law
- Journal of Environmental Law
- [Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation (Univ. Oregon)]
- Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy
- Journal of Land Resources & Environmental Law (Univ. Utah)
- Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law (Florida St. Univ.)
- Journal of Mineral Law & Policy
- Land & Water Law Review
- Missouri Environmental Law & Policy Review
- Natural Resources Journal (Univ. New Mexico)
- [New York University Environmental Law Journal]
- Ocean & Coastal Law Journal (Univ. Maine)
- Oil, Gas, & Energy Quarterly
- Pace Environmental Law Review
- Penn State Environmental Law Review
- Public Land & Resources Law Review (Univ. Montana)
- RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (Franklin Pierce)
- Southeastern Environmental Law Journal (Univ. South Carolina)
- Stanford Environmental Law Journal
- Temple Journal of Science, Technology, & Environmental Law
- Toledo Journal of Great Lakes' Law, Science & Policy
- Transportation Law Journal (Univ. Denver)
- Tulane Environmental Law Journal
- UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
- Univ. Baltimore Journal of Environmental Law
- Univ. Houston Environmental & Energy Law & Policy
- Univ. of Denver Water Law Review
- [Vermont Journal of Environmental Law]
- Villanova Environmental Law Journal
- Virginia Environmental Law Journal
- Wisconsin Environmental Law Journal
See also
- environmental agreements
- environmental impact statement
- environmental justice
- international environmental law
- property rights
- takings
External links
- [Centre for International Environmental Law]
- [Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide(E-LAW)]
- [Environmental Law Centre (ELC)]
- [Environmental Law Institute (ELI)]
- [Environmental Law Net]
- [Environmental Law Program and LL.M., University of Oregon]
- [Law, Environment and Development Journal (LEAD Journal)]
- [International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC)]
- [Public Interest Environmental Law Conference]
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