Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio, Elizabeth A Kirk and Jessica Steinberg Albin (eds), The Impact of Environmental Law: Stories of the World We Want

DOI10.3366/elr.2021.0688
Published date01 January 2021
Date01 January 2021
Pages145-147
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Amidst the media headlines of Australian wildfires and record-high temperatures in the Arctic, all environmental law academics need something to raise the spirits. This book is the perfect tool for this purpose as it provides an insight into the rare and important success stories in environmental law. Published in the IUCN Academy for Environmental Law series, the book succeeds in bringing together a diverse team of authors providing much-needed Global South perspectives. Despite the modest size for an edited book, this volume presents an illuminating collection of case studies in environmental law and governance that could provide valuable inspiration to jurisdictions across the world. The contributions in the book question the tried-and-tested environmental law methods and consider creative regulatory solutions to old and emerging problems of ecological preservation and sustainable development.

The book comprises a not-to-be-overlooked foreword from Antonio Oposa and eight substantive chapters. The first chapter, from the editors, serves as an introduction to the volume, outlining the main themes and case studies of the subsequent chapters.

Chapter two, by Robert V Percival, tells the story of the phase-out of gasoline lead additives, which resulted in a...

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