Integrated pollution control in Victorian Britain: Rethinking progress within the history of environmental law

Pontin, Ben

Abstract

Three theories of the history of environmental are introduced, applied, and discussed: 'progress'; 'constraint'; and 'cycle' theories. The cycle theory is defended in relation to an extended case study of integrated pollution control legislation, 1863-1999.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jul 24, 2007
• Journal: Journal of Environmental Law
• Print ISSN: 0952-8873
• Electronic ISSN: 1464-374X
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 173-199
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/eqm009
• Keywords: environmental law theory, history, integrated pollution control
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1027696
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jel/eqm009