Author(s): Russellyn S. Carruth (Author), Bernard D. Goldstein (Author)
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Publication Date: 11 Feb. 2014
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 384 pages
ISBN-10: 111816234X
ISBN-13: 9781118162347
Book Description
This important resource offers a comprehensive overview of the major U.S. environmental laws and approaches, strategies, standards, and enforcement techniques by which American law protects our environment and our health. Written for the non-lawyer, the book puts the spotlight on general concepts that go a long way to demystify the American legal system (what law consists of, who makes it, how it is made, and how it is enforced). The authors also introduce the major environmental laws and evaluate issues, controversies and developments in environmental policy.
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Environmental Health Law
Environmental Health Law offers a compendium of the major US environmental laws as well as strategies, standards, and enforcement techniques by which American law protects our environment and our health. Written in accessible language for the non-lawyer, this important resource puts the focus on general concepts and demystifies the American legal system by explaining what a law consists of, who makes it, how it is made, and how it is enforced.
In this book, Russellyn Carruth and Bernard Goldstein—experts in the field of environmental health law—introduce the major environmental laws that govern air and water pollution; regulate the manufacturing, distribution, uses, and disposal of hazardous substances; protect workers and the workplace; and protect the safety of our drugs, food, and water. The book also addresses issues and controversies in environmental policy with an eye towards understanding future developments in the law.
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Environmental Health Law
Environmental Health Law offers a compendium of the major US environmental laws as well as strategies, standards, and enforcement techniques by which American law protects our environment and our health. Written in accessible language for the non-lawyer, this important resource puts the focus on general concepts and demystifies the American legal system by explaining what a law consists of, who makes it, how it is made, and how it is enforced.
In this book, Russellyn Carruth and Bernard Goldstein―experts in the field of environmental health law―introduce the major environmental laws that govern air and water pollution; regulate the manufacturing, distribution, uses, and disposal of hazardous substances; protect workers and the workplace; and protect the safety of our drugs, food, and water. The book also addresses issues and controversies in environmental policy with an eye towards understanding future developments in the law.
About the Author
Russellyn S. Carruth, JD, has developed and taught courses on environmental law to both law and public health students at the New Jersey Graduate Program of Public Health and at the University of Pittsburgh. Previously, she was in private law practice in Anchorage Alaska.
Bernard D. Goldstein, MD, is professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Health and former dean of the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. He served as assistant administrator of the EPA and was the founding director of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute of Rutgers University.
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