Environmental law is a
collective term describing international treaties (conventions), statutes,
regulations, and common law or national legislation (where applicable) that
operates to regulate the interaction of humanity and the natural environment,
toward the purpose of reducing the impacts of human activity.
Pollution, scarce resources,
wild animals and plants do not respect political boundaries, making
international law an important aspect of environmental law. Numerous legally
binding international agreements now encompass a wide variety of issue-areas,
from terrestrial, marine and atmospheric pollution through to wildlife and
biodiversity protection.
Environmental interests will
often criticize environmental regulation as inadequately protective of the
environment. Furthermore, strong environmental laws do not guarantee strong
enforcement. Nonetheless, the cost benefit analysis for society at large
between having laws that protect citizens from toxic or dangerous living and
work conditions such as those that existed in the early industrial 1900's or
not clearly comes down on the side of regulation.
reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_law
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