READING MATERIAL/BIBLIOGRAPHY

REQUIRED MATERIALS

1.      Muldoon, Paul R…[et al.]  An introduction to environmental law and policy in Canada (Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, 2015).

2.      Benidickson, Jamie Environmental Law, 3d ed. (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2008).

3.      Supplementary Readings or References.

USEFUL ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

General Texts

1. Meinhard Doelle & Chris Tollefson Environmental Law: Cases and Materials (Carswell, 2009)
2. Elaine Hughes, Alastair Lucas and William Tilleman, eds., Environmental Law and Policy (3d ed.) (Toronto : Emond Montgomery, 2003)
3. David R. Boyd Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2003)
4. Benjamin Richardson and Stepan Wood, eds., Environmental Law for Sustainability (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2006)
5. Robert Boardman and Debora L. VanNijnatten, eds., Canadian Environmental Policy: Context and Cases (Oxford 2002)

Annotated Environmental Legislation

1. Meinhard Doelle Canadian Environmental Protection Act and Commentary, 2005-06 ed. (Butterworths, 2005)
2. Beverley Hobby et al., Canadian Environmental Assessment Act: an annotated Guide (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 1997 (looseleaf)) 
3. Rod Northey, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (Scarborough: Carswell, 1995)
4. Dianne Saxe, Ontario Environmental Protection Act Annotated (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 1990 (looseleaf))

Environmental Ethics

1. Des Jardins, Environmental Ethics : An Introduction to Environmental Philosophy 2d ed. (Belmont CA : Wadsworth, 1997)
2. Alex Wellington, Allan Greenbaum and Wesley Cragg, Canadian Issues in Environmental Ethics (Peterborough: Broadview Press, 1997)

Environmental Litigation

1. Faieta et al., Environmental Harm : Civil Actions and Compensation (Toronto: Butterworths, 1996)
2. Estrin and Swaigen, Environment on Trial: A Guide to Ontario Environmental Law and Policy 3d ed. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 1993)

Environment and Business

1. Thompson et al., Environmental Law and Business in Canada (Toronto: Canada Law Book, 1993)
2. David Estrin, Business Guide to Environmental Law (Scarborough: Carswell, 1992 (looseleaf))

Contaminated Land

1. Ahab Abdel-Aziz and Nathalie Chalifour, Canadian Brownfields Manual (Butterworths, looseleaf)
2. Frederick Coburn and Garth Manning, Toxic Real Estate Manual (Canada Law Book)

Environmental Offences

1. Stanley D. Berger The Prosecution and Defence of Environmental Offences (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 1994)
2. Dianne Saxe Environmental Offences: Corporate Responsibility and Executive Liability (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 1990)

Federal Statutes

1.      CEPA, 1999 – Preamble, Table of Contents and list of Regulations  

2.      CEAA – Preamble, Purposes, Table of Contents and list of Regulations  

3.      Fisheries Act, Canada Shipping Act, Department of the Environment Act, Species at Risk Act, Canada National Parks Act, Kyoto Implementation Act, among many others

Ontario Statutes

1.      Ontario EPA–Purposes, Table of Contents and list of Regulations  

2.      Ontario EBR - Preamble, Purposes, Table of Contents and list of Regulations  

3.      Ontario EAA - Purposes, Table of Contents and list of Regulations  

4.      Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Water Resources Act, among many others.

Case Law

1.      R  v Northwest Falling Contractors Ltd., [1981] 1 W.W.R. 681  

2.      R v Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd. (1988), 3 C.E.L.R. (N.S.) 1 (S.C.C.)

3.      Friends of the Oldman River Society v Canada (Minister of Transport), [1992] 2 W.W.R.193 (S.C.C.)

4.      R v Hydro Quebec (1997), 151 D.L.R. (4th) 32 (S.C.C.)

5.      Ward v Canada (Attorney General), [2002] 1 S.C.R. 569

6.      R v Sparrow, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075

7.      R v Gladstone, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 723

8.      Delgamuukw v B.C., [1997] 3 S.C.R. 1010

9.      R. v Marshall, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 456; modified by [1999] 3 S.C.R. 533

10.  Croplife Canada v. Toronto (City) (2003), 68 O.R. (3d) 520 (S.C.J.), aff’d (2005), 75 O.R. (3d) 357 (C.A.), leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused [2005] S.C.C.A. No. 329

11.  114957 Canada Ltée (Spraytech, Société d'arrosage) v. Hudson (Town)  [2001] 2 S.C.R. 241

READINGS LIST

·         Karin Mickelson and William Rees “The Environment: Ecological and Ethical Dimensions” in Elaine Hughes, Alastair R. Lucas and William A. Tilleman (eds.), Environmental Law and Policy (3d ed.) (Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 2003) at 1-40.

·         David Boyd Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2003) 1-12.

·         Benjamin Richardson and Stepan Wood “Environmental Law for Sustainability” in Benjamin Richardson and Stepan Wood Environmental Law for Sustainability (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2006) 1-17.

·         Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: Highlights 2008 (Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2008)  http://www.ec.gc.ca/indicateurs-indicators/2102636F-9078-409F-8133-8775E51400BE/CESI_Highlights_2008_e.pdf

·         Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2007 Synthesis Report: Contribution of Working Groups 1, II, and III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC (Geneva: IPCC, 2008), online: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/syr/ar4_syr_spm.pdf (p 1-22).

·         William Rees “Consuming the Earth: The Biophysics of Sustainability.”  Ecological Economics 29: 23-27.  

·         Garrett Hardin “The Tragedy of the Commons” (1968) 162 Science 1243.

·         Rees “Globalization and Sustainability: Conflict or Convergence?” Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 22 (4): 249-268.

·         Nathalie Chalifour, “The Constitutional Authority to Levy Carbon Taxes” Forthcoming in Thomas J. Courchene and John Allan, eds., The State of the Federation, 2009 (Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, McGill-Queen’s University Press).  

·         Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) “Canada-Wide Accord on Environmental Harmonization” at http://www.ccme.ca/ourwork/environment.html?category_id=25)

·         Meinhard Doelle & Chris Tollefson Environmental Law: Cases and Materials (Carswell, 2009), Chapter 3 “Jurisdiction over the Environment”, Parts I-III.

·         Harrison, Katherine (2002). Chapter 7: “Federal-Provincial Relations and the Environment: Unilateralism, Collaboration, and Rationalization.” In Debora L. VanNijnatten, and Robert Boardman, eds. Canadian Environmental Policy: Context and Cases. Toronto: Oxford University Press. pp. 123-144.

·         Meinhard Doelle & Chris Tollefson Environmental Law: Cases and Materials (Carswell, 2009), Chapter 3 “Jurisdiction over the Environment”, Part IV  

·         Stepan Wood, Georgia Tanner, Benjamin Richardson “What Ever Happened to Canadian Environmental Law?” (2010) Osgoode Hall Research Paper Series, Research Paper No. 12/2010.

·         Paul Muldoon, Alastair Lucas, Robert B. Gibson, Peter Pickfield An Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy in Canada (Emond Montgomery, 2009) Ch. 9

·         D. Paul Emond “The Greening of Environmental Law” (1991) 36 McGill L.J. 742.

·         Carolyn Abbot “Environmental Command Regulation” in Richardson & Wood Environmental Law for Sustainability at 61.

·         Carter-Whitney Environmental Regulation in Canada (looseleaf  2008).

·         William Charles and David VanderZwaag “Common Law and Environmental Protection: Legal Realities and Judicial Challenges” in Hughes et al., 109-131.  

·         Collins & McLeod-Kilmurray:  “Toxic Battery.”

·         McLeod-Kilmurray, “Hoffman v. Monsanto: Courts, Class Actions, and Perceptions of the Problem of GM Drift” (2007) 27(3) Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society (Special Issue on Hoffman v Monsanto) 188-201.  

·         Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, “An Ecofeminist Critique of Canadian Environmental Law: The Case Study of Genetically Modified Foods” (2008) 26 Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues 129-178.

·         Faieta et al. Environmental Harm : Civil Actions and Compensation (Toronto: Butterworths, 1996) Ch. 1-6.

·         Estrin and Swaigen Environment on Trial : A Guide to Ontario Environmental Law and Policy 3d ed. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 1993) 107-200.

·         David Hunter, James Salzman and Durwood Zaelke International Environmental Law and Policy (2d ed.) (New York:  Foundation Press, 2002) 166-216.  

·         Meinhard Doelle & Chris Tollefson Environmental Law: Cases and Materials (Carswell, 2009).

·         Birnie, Boyle & Redgwell, International Law and the Environment (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009).

·         Sands, Peel, Fabra and MacKenzie, Principles of International Environmental Law (New York, Cambridge University Press,  2012).

·         Hunter, Salzmann and Zaelke, International Environmental Law and Policy (New York, Foundation Press, 2011).

·         Bell, McGillivray and Pedersen, Environmental Law (New York, University of Oxford, 2013).