Mapping post-Brexit environmental law

TY - JOUR

T1 - Mapping post-Brexit environmental law

AU - Reid, Colin T.

PY - 2021/1

Y1 - 2021/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Brexit

KW - Environmental law

KW - Environmental governance

KW - Environmental principles

KW - Devolution

KW - Environment

KW - Environmental governance

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85091140055

U2 - 10.1007/s12027-020-00627-5

DO - 10.1007/s12027-020-00627-5

M3 - Article

SN - 1612-3093

VL - 21

SP - 655

EP - 665

JO - ERA-Forum

JF - ERA-Forum

IS - 4

ER -