Environmental justice: legal theory and practice
- Publisher:
- Environmental Law Institute
- Publication date:
- 2009-02-17
- Authors:
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Barry E. Hill
(Senior Counsel for Environmental Governance, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) - ISBN:
- 978-1-58576-124-1
Description:
Environmental risks and harms affect certain areas more than others. The environmental justice movement is aimed at redressing this disproportionate burden of risk and exposure to pollution in minority and low-income individuals, communities, and populations."Environmental Justice" provides an overview of this defining problem and explores the growth of the environmental justice movement. It analyzes the complex mixture of environmental laws and civil rights legal theories adopted in environmental justice litigation. Teachers will have online access to the more than 100 page Teachers Manual.
Index
- Addressing The Problem: The Private Bar And Corporate America
- Biography
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Defining The Problem
- Addressing The Problem: The Judicial Branches
- Addressing The Problem: The Legislative Branches
- Addressing The Problem: The Executive Branches
- Growth Of The Environmental Justice Movement: Organizing The Grassroots
- Preliminary sections