Previously published: Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references.

The environment : ecological principles -- Environment and law : ethical dimensions -- Environmental justice -- Implementing sustainability -- International norms and instruments -- Climate change -- The water, energy, food nexus -- Energy, technology and environment -- Common law and environmental protection : legal realities and judicial challenges -- Constitutional jurisdiction issues -- Arctic environmental law -- Indigenous environmental rights -- Environmental law in Quebec -- Public participation, and judicial review -- Environmental regulatory legislation -- The economic approach -- Environmental assessment -- Pollution prevention and environmental liability : the law of toxic real estate contaminated lands, and insurance -- Enforcement and compliance -- Environmental and animal rights -- Protected spaces and endangered species -- Municipal and land use planning -- Alternative dispute resolution in environmental law : uses, limitations, and potentials -- Environmental considerations in business transactions -- The future of environmental law.

"Environmental Law and Policy, Fourth Edition examines environmental law across Canada, offering perspectives from each region and presenting samples of statutes, regulations, guidelines, cases, government policy, and academic writings. This casebook illustrates the links between environmental law and other related areas including science, politics, economics, and basic ethical and philosophical concerns."-- Provided by publisher.