Law and Ecology : The Rise of the Ecosystem Regime (Paperback)

Contents: The problem; The early history of ecology and environmental law; Before the dawn - ecology and environmental law at mid-century; The lovers' quarrel between law and ecology; The shy embrace of law and ecology; The courtship of law and ecology; The marriage: ecological planning for environmental law; Ecology and law in the 1990s - the law of place-based ecosystem regimes and management; The ecosystemic regime and biodiversity protection in the 1990s; International environmental law regimes: coming of age in the 1990s; Conclusion: lessons of history and future directions; Bibliography; Index