Description

This textbook, Nigerian Environmental Law: An Integrated Approach, is an authoritative and valuable reference material for undergraduates and postgraduate students, industrial practitioners, legal practitioners and judges. It deals with theoretical and practical issues on the subject. The book makes available considerable references to national, regional and international legal standards in the field of Environmental Law with best practices around the word, including case law authorities emanating from different Nigerian courts, as well as decisions of International Court of Justice and arbitral tribunals on Environmental Law and related matters.An integrated approach to environmental issues here starts with examining the legal regime at International Law before proceeding to the position under the Nigerian legal architecture as part of the comity of nations. Finally, it provides critical examination of all the regulations put in place by the Nigerian Environmental Standards Regulation Enforcement Agency Act (NESREA) as the apex legal regime in the country.