Environmental Law

Author: Lü Zhongmei
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is a revision of the author's college-level legal textbook Environmental Law (1997 edition), now titled Environmental Law. The revision incorporates recent achievements in environmental law teaching and theoretical research, as well as China's latest environmental legislative achievements. Additionally, the author serves dual roles as both a scholar and a judge, providing summaries and analyses of practical issues in the implementation of China's environmental law system. The book is divided into an introduction and two main parts: the first part covers the fundamental concepts of environmental law, explaining the meaning of environmental law, environmental legal norms, environmental legal relationships, citizens' environmental rights, state environmental management rights, environmental legal liability, and judicial relief for environmental rights. The second part discusses specific aspects of Chinese environmental law, including the basic law on environmental protection, laws on the protection of environmental elements, laws on the protection of special regions, laws on the prevention and control of environmental pollution from environmental elements, and laws on the control of toxic and hazardous substances pollution.