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Environmental Law

Websites

Australian Centre for Environmental Law (ACEL)
This site contains links to Australian sites with an environmental focus. Also lists upcoming conferences  

Australian Department of the Environment and Water Resources
A site maintained by the Department of Environment and Water Resources providing links to relevant media releases, legislation and Bills, regional information on natural resources management and much more.  A good starting point for research in this area. 

Australian heritage bibliography
Produced by the Australian heritage Commission, this is a bibliographic database about significant places in our natural and cultural environment

Environmental Defender's Office Network
This site contains links to all of the Environmental Defender's Offices throughout Australia - a  good place to start when seeking to determine what are the issues of the moment and how they are being dealt with around the country. 

Environmental Law
A component of the Weblaw project this is a comprehensive website containing a diverse collection of annotated links to sites dealing with different aspects of Environmental Law

International Environmental Law (Treaties & Documents)
An excellent place to start when looking for treaties or documents relevant to Environmental Law

Montreal Protocol
A collection of all up to date information regarding the Montreal Protocol including projects, program information and a comprehensive set of related links

Multilaterals Project
An ongoing project designed to make available the texts of international multilateral conventions and other instruments. Maintained by the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. This site has direct links to full texts of Environmental Conventions grouped under three headings:
Flora and Fauna - Biodiversity
Marine and Coastal
Other Environmental

National Environmental Law Association
The mission of the National Environmental Law Association (NELA) is to obtain and exchange information about environmental laws across Australia.

New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law
The establishment of the NZCEL is intended to provide a focal point for research, education, community-service, and a range of environmental law activities in New Zealand and the wider Asia Pacific region.

Ocean Law
A site established by the Council on Ocean law to serve as a reference centre, document library and guide to information related to the development of ocean law

OGEL Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence Service
Site restricted to members of the University of Adelaide. This is a global portal for energy law (regulation, contracts, treaties, policy, legal cases and voluntary guidelines). There is also a downloadable newsletter.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A useful starting point for environmental law in the USA.

Journals

Australian environment review
Australian journal of environmental management - 1994-2002 available online through Informit
Boston College environmental affairs law review (alternative title Environmental affairs)

Columbia journal of environmental law

Duke environmental law & policy forum

Ecology law quarterly
The Electronic Green Journal

Environmental & planning law journal
Environmental impact assessment review
Environmental law

Environmental law and management

Environmental law journal (alternative titles - State Bar of Texas Environmental Law Journal, Environmental law newsletter)

Environmental law review

Environmental lawyer (American Bar Association)

Environmental policy and law
European environmental law review

Fordham Environmental Law Review (alternative titles FEL report, FEL journal)

Georgetown international environmental law review
Harvard environmental law review
Journal of energy & natural resources law
Journal of environmental law

Journal of environmental law and litigation

Journal of land, resources & environmental law
Journal of planning & environmental law
Natural resources & environment
Natural resources journal
New York University environmental law journal

Pace environmental law review

Public land & resources law review

Review of European Community & international environmental law
Society & natural resources
Stanford environmental law journal

Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law (alternative titles - Outlook Environmental Journal, Outlook Environmental Law Journal, and Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal

Water law

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review


Law Reports

Decisions of the Environmental and Development Court of South Australia (February 2003)+
Environmental and development law reports (1994)+
Local governmental & environmental reports of Australia (1956)+
New Zealand resource management appeals (1991)+
Environmental Law Reporter Online
ELI Online is administered by the Environmental Law Institute (US) with extensive federal, state and international materials on environmental law, natural resources, energy, toxic tort, safety & health, and land use law. Separate databases available via ELI Online include:

  • News & Analysis
  • Briefs & Pleadings
  • Administrative Materials
  • Statutes & Treaties
  • State Materials
  • International Materials
  • Federal Register & Archives

Please see the Law Library for user name and password to access ELI Online.

 

Looseleafs

International environmental soft law
International protection of the environment

Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias

Butterworths environmental management and law dictionary
Law Ref 344.403 B988e

Halsbury's laws of Australia, v.12 Environment
Laws of Australia, v.14 Environment and natural resources