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Environmental Justice and Oil Pollution Laws

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Environmental Justice and Oil Pollution Laws

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Environmental Justice and Oil Pollution Laws book

Comparing Enforcement in the United States and Nigeria

Environmental Justice and Oil Pollution Laws

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Environmental Justice and Oil Pollution Laws book

Comparing Enforcement in the United States and Nigeria
ByEloamaka Carol Okonkwo
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2020
eBook Published 5 March 2020
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429273438
Pages 310
eBook ISBN 9780429273438
Subjects Built Environment, Development Studies, Environment and Sustainability, Law, Politics & International Relations
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Okonkwo, E.C. (2020). Environmental Justice and Oil Pollution Laws: Comparing Enforcement in the United States and Nigeria (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429273438

ABSTRACT

This book explores the relationship between oil pollution laws and environmental justice by comparing and contrasting the United States and Nigeria.

Critically, this book not only examines the fluidity of oil pollutions laws but also how effective or ineffective enforcement can be when viewed through the lens of environmental justice. Using Nigeria as a case study and drawing upon examples from the United States, it examines the legal and institutional challenges impacting upon the effective enforcement of laws and provides a contrasting view of developed and developing countries. Focusing on the oil and gas industry, the book discusses the laws and international acceptable standards (IAS) in these industries, the principles behind their application, the existing barriers to their effective implementation, and how to overcome those barriers. Utilising an environmental justice framework, the book demonstrates the synergy between policy-making, human rights, and justice in oil-producing regions as well as addressing the importance of protecting the rights of minorities. Through a comparative analysis of the United States and Nigeria, this book draws out enforcement approaches and mechanisms for tackling oil-related pollution with a view to reducing environmental injustice in developing countries. Examining the role of NGOs in pursuing environmental justice matters, the book showed the regional courts as one avenue of overcoming the enforcement challenges faced by the developing countries.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental law, environmental justice, minorities' rights, business and human rights, energy law, and natural resource governance.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part I|67 pages

Setting the scene

chapter 1|32 pages

Introduction and background

chapter 2|33 pages

Definitions of terms

part II|147 pages

Key issues and players

chapter 3|31 pages

Conceptual frameworks

Justice and environmental justice

chapter 4|24 pages

Conceptual framework

Enforcement

chapter 5|24 pages

Comparative analysis of the legislation relating to oil pollution matters with a view to achieving environmental justice

chapter 6|40 pages

Oil, enforcement, and environmental justice in the United States

chapter 7|26 pages

Oil, regulatory, and private enforcement in Nigeria

part III|31 pages

Moving on

chapter 8|16 pages

Frameworks to advance environmental justice in developing countries

chapter 9|13 pages

Summary, conclusion, and recommendations

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