Books in the Oxford Readings in Socio-Legal Studies series

There is an increasing general interest in the environment and in environmental law, a trend which has been reflected in academic work. This reader considers a cross-section of socio-legal work on environmental law, tracing its development since the late 1970s.

Regulation has become a key form of state activity and an area of burgeoning academic concern, both in public law and economics. This text considers the central topics of regulation and looks to theory as well as practice, and enforcement as well as rule-making.