Global & Comparative Environmental Law
A basic guide to global and comparative environmental law research.
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Energy & Environmental Law Librarian
Germaine Leahy
Contact:
SL101I (Library, Stockton Cellar)
gleahy@law.gwu.edu
202.994.8551
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Tuesday - Friday: 7:30am - 4:30pm
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gleahy@law.gwu.edu
202.994.8551
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Tuesday - Friday: 7:30am - 4:30pm
Sat.: 10am - 5pm
Subjects: Environmental Law
Traci Emerson Spackey
Reference/Foreign & International Librarian
About Global & Comparative Environmental Law
"Worldwide growth of public concern for the natural environment has been one of the most important developments in recent decades. Globalization has helped connect societies and their environmental fates more closely than ever before. At the same time, environmental problems increasingly transcend national borders and pose serious challenges to the health of the planet. The development of more effective environmental laws and legal systems throughout the world has thus become critical to directing economic development and growth onto a path of environmental sustainability."
Source: Tseming Yang & Robert V. Percival, The Emergence of Global Environmental Law, 36 Ecology L.Q. 615, 616 (2009). 
Comparative and Global Environmental Law and Policy by Provides a multi-jurisdictional selection of environmental law cases and regulatory materials from across the world, with many cases from the developing world and emerging economies. Topics covered include rights of nature, sustainability, corporations and private environmental governance, human rights and the environment, and climate change.
Comparative Environmental Law and Regulation by Analyzes key environmental laws, regulations, and implementation systems of more than 60 countries.
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Law by Examines the methodological foundations of the discipline as well as the substance of environmental law across countries from four vantage points: country studies from all continents, responses to common problems (including air pollution, water management, nature conservation, genetically modified organisms, climate change and energy, chemicals, waste), foundational components of environmental law systems, and common interactions of environmental protection with the broader public, private, and criminal law contexts.
Research Handbook on Transnational Environmental Law by Provides a detailed overview and critical discussion of the key themes and perspectives of transnational environmental law.
Related Guides
- International Environmental Law(GW Law Library)
- International Law Research Resources(GW Law Library)
- Treaties and International Agreements(GW Law Library)
- Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World(Law Library of Congress)
