Environmental Law and Policy in India

This is the second edition of a classic first published in 1991. The updated edition contains concise extracts of landmark judgements and policy documents relating to environmental law and policy in India. Each section is interlaced with notes, questions and comments, to further critical thinking.

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Environmental law and policy in India affects most sections of society. This edition scrutinizes almost every aspect of environmental law concerned with constitutional and legislative provisions, judicial remedies and procedures, water pollution control, air pollution control, forests, wild life protection, the Bhopal gas leak case, transnational environmental policies, international environmental law and global issues. Interlaced with notes, comments and questions, the updated edition should prove useful for students, academics, lawyers, activists, and NGOs.