Environmental Law in Context Nigerian, African and International Developments

Jennifer Heaven Mike

• Publisher: Malthouse Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9789786264387
• Index: Social Sciences

Environmental Law in Context: Nigerian, African and International Developments provides framework and advocacy from a Nigerian, African regional and international comparative perspective. By presenting an interconnected evaluation, it fosters a deeper understanding of the multifaceted nature of environmental law and policy. Aimed at legal scholars, policy-makers, practitioners, environmental advocates, judicial officers and students in law and policy, this book bridges theoretical insight with practical legal analysis, providing a critical resource for understanding and navigating the legal architecture behind environmental protection, environmental rights and sustainability efforts. At its core, the book seeks to address the increasing complexity of environmental challenges, from climate change and biodiversity loss to waste management and pollution, through an integrated legal lens. It introduces readers to foundational concepts in environmental law, tracing its historical roots, core principles, and jurisdictional structures across Nigeria, Africa, and the global landscape. Importantly, the book doesn't stop at conventional environmental topics. It delves into niche and emergent issues such as carbon footprint evaluation, renewable energy policy integration, light and noise pollution, green hydrogen and environmental rights as human rights, areas that are often under-represented in mainstream environmental legal literature. This work stands out for its holistic and intersectional approach, examining the inextricable links between environmental law, human rights, and sustainable development. The target audience remains Law faculties and students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, legal practitioners and judges, policymakers and government agencies, environmental NGOs and advocacy organisations, researchers and scholars in environmental law, human rights, and sustainability. Framing Environmental Law in a Changing World: Concept and Development of Environmental Law • International Environmental Law and Multilateral Agreements • African Regional Environmental Law • Environmental Law and Policy in Nigeria • Common Law as a Source of Environmental Law • Institutions and Regulation Authorities for Environmental Issues in Nigeria • Environmental Regulations: Navigating Nigeria's Environmental Challenges • Hydrocarbons and Green Hydrogen: a Pathway to a Sustainable Future • Environmental Rights, Human Rights and Sustainable Development • Women and Children's Environmental Rights: Addressing Distinct Needs and Concerns • Securing Sustainable Development Goals Through Environmental Protection • Role of Courts in Environmental Law, Protection and Justice • Environmental Protection, Enforcement and Remedies

Table of contents

• Front cover
• Half-title
• Title page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Foreword
• Cases
• Statutes
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION: Reimagining Environmental Law, Rights, and Practice in a National and Global Context
• 1 | FRAMING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN CHANGING WORLD: CONCEPT AND DEVELOPMENT
• 2 | INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND MULTI-LATERAL AGREEMENTS
• 3 | AFRICAN REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
• 4 | ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY IN NIGERIA
• 5 | COMMON LAW AS A SOURCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
• 6 | INSTITUTIONS AND REGULATION AUTHORITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN NIGERIA
• 7 | ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS: NAVIGATING NIGERIA’S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
• 8 | HYDROCARBONS AND GREEN HYDROGEN: A PATHWAY TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
• 9 | ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• 10 | WOMEN AND CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS: ADDRESSING DISTINCT NEEDS AND CONCERNS
• 11 | SECURING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
• 12 | ROLE OF COURTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, PROTECTION AND JUSTICE
• 13 | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND REMEDIES
• Bibliography
• Index
• Back cover