Mapping post-Brexit environmental law

Colin T. Reid

doi:10.1007/s12027-020-00627-5

Mapping post-Brexit environmental law

Colin T. Reid (Lead / Corresponding author)

Dundee Law School

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Abstract

The UK’s withdrawal from the EU will not bring about immediate changes to the substance of environmental law in the UK, but that law will become easier to change. The future position is complicated by devolution within the UK, where differing policy objectives on continuing alignment with the EU and weaknesses in the intergovernmental structures are causing problems. Environmental principles are being given legal recognition and new structures for environmental governance being created for each nation. These include environmental watchdogs that go some of the way to making up for the loss of the oversight provided by the EU institutions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	655-665
Number of pages	11
Journal	ERA-Forum
Volume	21
Issue number	4
Early online date	17 Sept 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12027-020-00627-5
Publication status	Published - Jan 2021

Keywords

Brexit
Environmental law
Environmental governance
Environmental principles
Devolution
Environment
Environmental governance

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Law
Political Science and International Relations

UN SDGs

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