"In this new edition of Canada's leading environmental law text, Professors Doelle and Tollefson provide a fully updated and much expanded treatise that will be welcomed by students, practitioners and environmental professionals alike. It includes a comprehensive collection of cases, articles, commentary, notes and questions and covers a broad range of topics, including: International Environmental Law; The Common Law; Jurisdiction over the Environment; Environmental Regulation; Compliance and Enforcement; Judicial Review of Environmental Decision-making; Federal Environmental Assessment; Parks and Protected Areas; Species Protection and Climate Change.

This second edition includes significant new material and analysis on a variety of important topics including the constitutional division of powers, the Smith v. Inco litigation, recent Fisheries Act and Canadian Environmental Assessment Act reforms, emerging Species At Risk Act caselaw, and developments in climate change and carbon law"--Publisher's description.