21世纪环境法展望 (Environmental Law in the 21st Century)

Robert V. Percival, University of Maryland School of Law

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Translation into Chinese by Professor Li Yanfang.

Abstract

After reviewing the history of environmental law, this article discusses some important lessons that can be learned from its successes and failures. It discusses the continued influence of common law notions of causal injury on the administrative state and how the globalization of environmental concerns is affecting environmental law throughout the world. It concludes by venturing some predictions concerning the future of environmental law.