This book provides an insightful and holistic up-to-date perspective of the constitutional governance and legal framework in India with regard to environmental protection.
Covering the foundational principles of environmental law, the book details the current status of international environmental law in the face of complex environmental challenges including climate change. The topics covered include water resource governance, and coastal regulation, with a particular focus on the growing significance of the National Green Tribunal. It also covers the wide range of policies that have been introduced over the past 50 years and the impact these have had.
The book will be of interest to researchers, legal practitioners, and scholars in the field of environmental law and governance as well as international law.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Postgraduate
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5 s/w Tabellen
5 Tables, black and white
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Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 161 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
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978-1-032-69252-4 (9781032692524)
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Sairam Bhat is a Professor of Law at NLSIU and provides training and advisory to various government and non-governmental entities engaged in start-up incubation and funding, public tender, RTI, corporate law compliance, etc. He is a recipient of numerous fellowships including the Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship in 2010 at the University of Georgetown, Washington, and the Linnaeus-Palme Academic Exchange Fellow at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm in 2013, and received the 'Young India Environmental Law Fellowship' in 2003. His research contributions on various legal aspects include those published with inter alia Sage Publications, Bloomsbury, and Eastern Law House.
The Centre for Environmental Law, Education, Research, and Advocacy (CEERA), established in 1997, is a leading research centre within NLSIU that primarily focuses on research, policy advocacy, and training in environmental law. Over the years, CEERA, through its environmental law database, has undertaken training and capacity-building, and provided consultancy, by effectively networking among all stakeholders towards an environmental law fraternity. CEERA works closely with the UNDP, Ministry of Environment and Forest, National Biodiversity Authority, Ministry of Jal Shakti, ICSSR, and the Department of Justice on various policy research projects.
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National Law School of India University, India
1. Introduction to Environmental Protection: Law and Governance in India 2. Principles of Environmental Protection: Constitutional Law and Common Law Perspective 3. International Environmental Law 4. Water Resource Governance and Coastal Regulation Zone 5. National Green Tribunal
