PREFACE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER 1: NATURE, SCOPE AND CONTENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
1.1 INTRODUCTION
1.2 THE ENVIRONMENT
1.3 WHAT THEN IS ENVIRONMENTAL LAW?
1.4 AN OVERVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
1.5 REASONS FOR CONCERNS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
1.6 SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
1.7 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND THE LAW OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 2: THE EVOLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL REGIME
2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.2 STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
2.3 THE MDGS AND SDGS
2.4 CLIMATE CHANGE
CHAPTER 3: SOURCES AND PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
3.1 BACKGROUND
3.2 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
3.3 CUSTOM AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW.
3.4 JUDICIAL DECISIONS AND WRITINGS OF PUBLICISTS
3.5 SOFT LAW INSTRUMENTS
3.6 SOURCES OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
3.7 CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE
3.8 CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 4: GHANAIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: THE INTERNATIONAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL BASES
4.1 INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN GHANAIAN JURISPRUDENCE
4.2 THE CONSTITUTION, THE JUDICIARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
4.4 THE COMMON LAW RULES
4.5 THE CRIMINAL LAW AS A TOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
CHAPTER 5: REGULATORY AUTHORITIES AND THE GHANAIAN ENVIRONMENT
5.1 INTRODUCTION
5.2 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION - AN OVERVIEW
5.3 THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, 2010
5.4 THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
5.5 THE REGULATORY AND ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS OF THE EPA
5.6 POWER TO MAKE REGULATIONS
5.7 THE GHANAIAN EIA REGIME AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (IEL)
5.8 THE WEST AFRICAN GAS PIPELINE (WAGP)
5.9 PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND TEIAS
5.10 INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW TO THE RESCUE? THE EU EXPERIENCE: APPLYING TRANSFERABLE LESSONS
5.11 THE REGULATORY FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES
5.12 REGULATORY AUTHORITIES AND THE PROTECTION OF ANIMAL, HUMAN AND PLANT LIFE
5.13 RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
5.14 RELEVANT GHANAIAN LEGISLATION ON ANIMAL HEALTH, FOOD SAFETY AND PLANT HEALTH REGULATION
5.15 THE REGULATORY REGIME-GAPS, CONFLICTS AND OVERLAPS
5.16 REVIEWABILITY OF ACTIONS OF THE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
CHAPTER 6: GHANAIAN CONSTITUTIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
6.1 THE 1992 CONSTITUTION, THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
6.2 THE REGIME FOR LAND TENURE IN GHANA
6.3 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION
6.4 THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS IN GHANA
6.5 THE INSTITUTIONAL, POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS
6.6 LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES
6.7 THE FORESTRY REGIME: CONCLUSION
6.8 GAME AND WILDLIFE
6.9 MINERALS AND MINING
CHAPTER 7: WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT
7.1 INTRODUCTION
7.2 SOME INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES AND THE WATER SECTOR
7.3 THE VOLTA BASIN AUTHORITY CONVENTION
7.4 THE NATIONAL WATER POLICY (NWP)
7.5 RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONE AND WATER BASIN POLICIES
7.6 THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: PLURALISM AND GHANAIAN WATER LAWS
7.7 THE IRRIGATION SUB-SUBSECTOR
7.8 WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CONCLUSION
7.9 THE ENERGY SECTOR
7.10 SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 8: CONVENTIONAL NORMS AND NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION: SOME GHANAIAN EXAMPLES
8.1 BACKGROUND
8.2 THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
8.3 THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA: AN OVERVIEW
8.4 GHANA, UNCLOS AND THE MARINE POLLUTION PROBLEM
8.5 UNCLOS, INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND FISHERIES IN GHANA
8.6 THE INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS FOR FISHERIES IN GHANA
8.7 WETLANDS
CHAPTER 9: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE GHANAIAN
ENVIRONMENT: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL DIMENSIONS
9.1 THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION
9.2 THE GHANAIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY REGIME
9.3 STATUS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN GHANA
9.4 THE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY CASE: SOME LESSONS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY LITIGATION
9.5 IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL TREATY NORMS IN GHANA: AN APPRAISAL
CHAPTER 10: CONCLUSION
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