Environmental Law in Singapore

In a world of rapidly worsening environmental conditions, and amidst a growing urgent interest in best practices for addressing the crisis, Singapore is often lauded for its exemplary approach to environmental management, and its environmental law is sometimes credited for this achievement. However, while Singapore’s environmental laws have contributed to progress towards sustainable development, there is room for improvement. Environmental Law in Singapore is the first and only textbook on Singapore environmental law. It is an essential reference written for legal practitioners in and outside Singapore; researchers and students; as well as businesses, civil society and policy makers who want to gain a more comprehensive and detailed understanding of the subject. The book explains the subject in the context of international and regional environmental law and the Singapore legal system. It describes, explains and critiques the applicable legal principles, legislative provisions and cases. Topics covered go beyond the traditional areas of criminal and civil liabilities in environmental regulation such as pollution control, waste management, nature conservation and climate change, to also include environmental governance issues such as procedural and substantive environmental rights. This book also considers developments in other jurisdictions where appropriate, for insights into potential areas for legislative or judicial reform.

Authors: Joseph Chun and Lye Lin Heng

Delivery will take place by end of May 2022.

Year of Publication: 2019

Page Extent: 856 pages

Member's Price: $90.00 (before GST)

Associate Student's Price: $72.00 (before GST)

Non-Member's Price: $135.00 (before GST)

Member's Price: SGD 98.10

Usual Price: SGD 147.15

Member's Price: SGD 98.10

Usual Price: SGD 147.15

CPD Points : N/A

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Overview

Part I : General Introduction
Chapter 1	What Is Environmental Law?
Chapter 2	Sustainable DevelopmenT
Chapter 3	Regulatory Approaches
Chapter 4	Environmental Governance

Part II: Cross-sectoral Laws
Chapter 5	International Environmental Law
Chapter 6	ASEAN Environmental Law
Chapter 7	Legal System
Chapter 8	Constitutional Environmental Rights and Judicial Review of Environmental Decisions
Chapter 9	Torts and Environmental Protection
Chapter 10	Urban Planning and Development Control

Part III: Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter 11	Introduction
Chapter 12	Air Pollution Control
Chapter 13	Noise Pollution Control
Chapter 14	Water Pollution Control
Chapter 15	Land Pollution Control and Contamination Remediation
Chapter 16	Hazardous Substances and Organic Pollutants
Chapter 17	Marine Pollution Control
Chapter 18	Radiation Protection

Part IV: Waste Management
Chapter 19	Legislative History
Chapter 20	What Is Waste?
Chapter 21	Infrastructure
Chapter 22	Littering and Dumping
Chapter 23	Industrial Waste and Toxic Industrial Waste
Chapter 24	Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste
Chapter 25	Waste Minimisation and Waste Hierarchy
Chapter 26	Sustainable Consumption and the Law

Part V: Water Resource Management
Chapter 27	General
Chapter 28	Water Infrastructure
Chapter 29	Water Conservation
Chapter 30	Drinking Water and Recreational Water

Part VI: Nature Conservation and Wildlife Protection
Chapter 31	Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Management
Chapter 32	Protecting and Creating Nature Sites
Chapter 33	Wildlife Protection

Part VII: Climate Change and Ozone Depletion
Chapter 34	Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Chapter 35	Ozone Depletion

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s):

Lye Lin Heng taught Property Law, Environmental Law and Comparative Environmental Law for many years at the Law Faculty, National University of Singapore. She was Director of its Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) 2013–2017, and chaired the NUS multi-disciplinary MSc (Env Mgt) (MEM) programme’s Management Committee from its inception in 2001, to 2018. She was also Associate Professor at Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, teaching a course on Comparative Environmental Law from 2003 to 2019. She retired in July 2019 and is now Adjunct Professor teaching Environmental Law to the MEM and Law students. She has written numerous monographs and articles on Singapore’s environmental law.

Dr Joseph Chun is a partner in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practice at Shook Lin & Bok LLP, where he specialises in environmental law. He is concurrently an adjunct associate professor and a member of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) at the Faculty of Law in the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he teaches environmental law. He also regularly works with green civil society groups on the legal aspects of advocacy projects, and serves on the Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee of Wildlife Reserves Singapore.

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