Citation
Adshead, J. (2014), "Editorial", International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, Vol. 6 No. 1/2. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLBE-02-2014-0010
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Editorial
Article Type: Editorial From: International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, Volume 6, Issue 1/2
I was delighted to be asked to edit this special issue on environmental law. The response to the call for papers was so impressive that what was intended as a single issue blossomed into a double issue with contributions from across the globe. In the issue we have two-part papers from the UK on the subjects of the role of private nuisance in environmental protection and the contaminated land regime along with a paper examining trends in "green leases" in England and Wales and a theoretical perspective on modern day planning law. From the other side of the globe we have contributions from two Australian academics, which consider different aspects of biodiversity conservation. Gita Gill provides a fascinating case study on the impact of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi on the River Yamuna and we have a paper from The Netherlands, which examines the interface between air pollution controls and planning.
I am most grateful to Professor Richard Macrory for agreeing to provide us with a short guest editorial on controversial proposals for judicial review and suggestions as to how environmental cases might be dealt with in the UK. Professor Macrory has been described as "a pre-eminent and pioneering academic in environmental law" (Chambers and Partner Legal Guide 2012). His report on regulatory justice, published in 2006 formed the core of Part III of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 and in 2011 he was commissioned by Lord Justice Carnwath, Senior President of Tribunals in England and Wales, to report on the potential jurisdiction of the new First Tier Environment Tribunal. Professor Macrory was awarded a CBE for services to the environment and law in 2000.
My thanks to all those who have contributed to this double issue on environmental law as well as to those at Emerald Group Publishing, for their support and assistance. It has been a great pleasure working with all of you to produce a most interesting and valuable contribution to the discipline area.
Julie Adshead
Guest Editor