环境法

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 An Introduction to Environmental Law

2.1 Concept of Environmental Law

2.1.1 Definition of "Environmental Law"and "Environmental Laws"

2.1.2 The Regulatory Objects of Environmental Laws

2.2 Fundamental Principles of Environmental Law

2.2.1 The Preventive Principle

2.2.2 The Principle ofCoordinated Development

2.2.3 The Principle of Cost Bearing by Beneficiaries

2.2.4 The Public Participation Principle

2.2.5 The Principle of Cooperation

2.3 The Formulation of Environmental Laws

2.3.1 The Primary Basis of Environmental Legislation

2.3.2 The Subjects of Environmental Legislation

2.3.3 Major Procedures of Environmental Legislation

2.4 The Historical Development of Chinese Environmental Laws

2.4.1 The Chaos Preceding the Era of Environmental Legislation

2.4.2 The Period of Preliminary Formation of Environmental Laws

2.4.3 The Initial Development of Environmental Laws

2.4.4 The Formation and Reformation of Environmental Laws

2.5 The Sources of China's Existing Environmental Laws

2.5.1 Sources of Environmental Law

2.5.2 System of Sources of Environmental Law

2.5.3 The Composition of China's Existing Sources of Environruental Laws

Chapter 3 Fundamental Legal Regimes for Environmental Protection

3.1 Environmental Standards

3.1.1 The Concept of the Environmental Standards Regime

3.1.2 The Legal Basis of the Formulation of Environmental Standards

3.1.3 The Classification of Environmental Standards

3.2 Environmental Planning

3.2. 1 The Concept of Environmental Planning

3.2.2 The Major Contents of the Environmental Planning Laws

3.2.3 The Validity of Environmental Plans

3.3 Environmental Impact Assessments

3.3.1 Overview of Environmental Impact Assessments

3.3.2 Environmental Impact Assessment of Planning

3.3.3 Environmental Impact Assessment of Construction Projects

3.3.4 The "Three Simultaneities" Relating to EIA

3.4 Environmental Administrative Licensing

3.4.1 The MEP Is in Charge of Environmental Licensing

3.4.2 Environmental Licensing Matters in the Charge of Local DEPAs

3.4.3 Legal Liabilities in the Environmental Administrative Licensing Regime

3.5 Disclosure of Environmental Information

3.5.1 Introduction to the Disclosure of Environmental Information

3.5.2 Disclosure of Govemmental Environmental Information

3.5.3 Disclosure of Enterprise Environmental Information

3.6 Environmental Emergency Response Management

3.6.1 Legislation on Environmental Emergency Response Management in China

3.6.2 The Organization and Responsibilities of Present EERP Management in China

3.6.3 Legal Mechanisms for Environmental Emergency Response Management in China

Chapter 4 Content of Environmental Law in China

Chapter 5 Administrative Enforcement of Environmental Law

Chapter 6 Legal Liabilities of Environmental Law

Chapter 7 Conclusion

Bibliography

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Acronyms

The commencement， growth and development of environmental protection cause of China keep the same pace with that of the world. As the biggest developing country in the world， China makes active contributions to the four leaps in the field of global environment and development. In particular， the Central Committee of Communist Party of China and the State Council put forward a series of new concepts such as the development of ecological civilization， ecological restoration of rivers and lakes， promotion of historic transformations of environmental protection and exploration of new path to environmental protection that protects the environment in the process of development and development in the process of environmental protection; release many major policy measures since the beginning of the "11 Five-Year Plan" period to facilitate important changes of environmental protection from understanding to practice.