Compliance and Enforcement in Environmental Law

Toward More Effective Implementation

The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series

Edited by Lee Paddock, Distinguished Professorial Lecturer in Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School and Managing Director, International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, Environmental Law Institute, US, Du Qun, Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University, China, Louis J. Kotzé, Research Professor, North-West University, South Africa and Senior Professorial Fellow in Earth System Law, University of Lincoln, UK, Kenneth J. Markowitz, Akin Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, US and Durwood Zaelke, founder and President, Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD), US

Compliance and enforcement are critical elements of assuring that international environmental treaties and domestic environmental laws actually produce desired environmental outcomes. This timely work provides a comprehensive worldwide perspective on how to assure compliance with and enforcement of environmental laws more effectively.

‘This volume presents a comprehensive coverage of the challenges in ensuring effective compliance and enforcement in environmental law from the international to the local level. It will make a significant contribution to the growing body of literature in this area and be of interest to practitioners, scholars and administrators alike. The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law is proud to join with Edward Elgar in the publication of this seminal work as the first in a new series based on the annual Colloquia of the Academy.’
– Rob Fowler, University of South Australia

‘This is a remarkable collection of essays all focussing on compliance and enforcement in environmental law from different angles. The contributions provide important suggestions for increasing the effectiveness of environmental law and policy and the book will therefore undoubtedly be of great interest to anyone interested in increasing the effectiveness of environmental law.’
– Michael G. Faure, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

The nations of the world are building the legal rules to stop pollution, protect biodiversity and promote sustainable development. But there is a gap between the rules and their compliance that must be closed if we are to protect the environmental foundation of our prosperity. This important collaboration between the IUCN Environmental Law Programme and INECE provides evidence and insights that will help judges, prosecutors, investigators and all who care about the planet, close the compliance gap.’
– Antonio Herman Benjamin, Justice, High Court of Brazil (STJ), Catholic University of Brasilia Law School, INECE and IUCN Commission