Environment

The Environment Collection will include publications on matters relating to environmental law, policy and management across a range of jurisdictions. It is still under development and not publicly available.

• Animal Law in Australasia: A New Dialogue Peter Sankoff and Steven White (editors) Animal Law in Australasia: A New Dialogue
  Abstract:

  This book is a scholarly examination of the legal relationship between humans and animals in Australia and New Zealand. It asks whether existing laws really do protect animals, and, where the law comes up short, how it could be improved. The questions explored go beyond animal welfare and challenge the reader to think about the nature of legal interests, and practical and ethical contexts for a range of laws. Australian, New Zealand and international academics and practitioners cover topics ranging from core concepts and theoretical questions around “animal welfare” and law, to specific matters of concern: animal cruelty sentencing, live animal export, recreational hunting, and commercial uses of animals in farming and research.

  Authors: Peter Sankoff and Steven White (editors)
• Safety, Security, Health and Environment Law, 1st edition Michael Tooma Safety, Security, Health and Environment Law, 1st edition
  Abstract:

  First edition of Michael Tooma’s ground‑breaking integrated approach to the law and practice of workplace health, safety, security and environment management. Tooma identifies a common grounding in risk management and similar legislative treatment of regulation in these areas across State and federal jurisdictions.

  Authors: Michael Tooma
• Managing Australia's Environment Stephen Dovers and Su Wild River (editors) Managing Australia's Environment
  Abstract:

  Managing Australia's Environment is a report card of unprecedented scope, examining Australia's resource and environmental management institutions and policies against the requirements of ecologically sustainable development. The contributors engage with policy, management and legal issues at all levels of government, across a diverse range of sectors including forests, oceans, the arid zone, water, regional development, the Indigenous domain and environmental protection. The result is a rich source of recommendations for purposeful and adaptive policy and institutional responses to the great challenge of sustainability.

  Authors: Stephen Dovers and Su Wild River (editors)
  Keywords: environmental management; environment
• The Primacy of Development: Environmental Impact Assessment In Indonesia and Australia Margaret A Young The Primacy of Development: Environmental Impact Assessment In Indonesia and Australia
  Abstract:

  This article analyses the implementation and enforcement of Environmental Impact Assessment in Indonesia and Australia. Part 1 reviews the legal framework of EIA in Indonesia and Part II examines the legal framework in Australia, with particular emphasis upon the Commonwealth and Victorian jurisdictions. In Part III, the enforcement of EIA in both countries is analysed. The article investigates the underlying causes of the inefficiencies and problems in the framework of these national environmental laws. An important cause of the failure of both nations to achieve effective enforcement of EIA is located in the 'development paradigm', which compels governments to prioritise industrial growth, resource utilisation and increased consumption over environmental threats.  

  Authors: Margaret A Young