Jo-Ann Goodie is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Murdoch University, Australia.Gary Wickham is Professor of Sociology at Murdoch University, Australia.

"Structurally the book is very clearly laid out, and stylistically it is consistently dynamic and engaging." - Thomas L. Muinzer, Queen's University Belfast for Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (2014)]"The book does not present a critical analysis of the effectiveness of legal political government for tackling environmental problems. Rather, its major contribution, through its description of its origins, is to aid understanding of why this type of government governs the environmental effects of human activities in particular ways and of why it has failed to date to provide an adequate response to environmental degradation." - Dr Olivia Woolley, University of Aberdeen for the Environmental Law Review (2014)

• Part 1: Different Discourses of the Environment 1. Moral and Aesthetic Discourses of the Environment 2. Scientific, Political, Economic Discourses of the Environment 3. Legal Discourses of the Environment Part 2: Climate Change - Refiguring Environmental Legal Understanding 4. Contemporary Construction of the Environment 5. Ecologically Sustainable Development 6. Risk

Jo-Ann Goodie is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Murdoch University, Australia.Gary Wickham is Professor of Sociology at Murdoch University, Australia.

"Structurally the book is very clearly laid out, and stylistically it is consistently dynamic and engaging." - Thomas L. Muinzer, Queen's University Belfast for Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (2014)]"The book does not present a critical analysis of the effectiveness of legal political government for tackling environmental problems. Rather, its major contribution, through its description of its origins, is to aid understanding of why this type of government governs the environmental effects of human activities in particular ways and of why it has failed to date to provide an adequate response to environmental degradation." - Dr Olivia Woolley, University of Aberdeen for the Environmental Law Review (2014)

• Part 1: Different Discourses of the Environment 1. Moral and Aesthetic Discourses of the Environment 2. Scientific, Political, Economic Discourses of the Environment 3. Legal Discourses of the Environment Part 2: Climate Change - Refiguring Environmental Legal Understanding 4. Contemporary Construction of the Environment 5. Ecologically Sustainable Development 6. Risk

Jo-Ann Goodie is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Murdoch University, Australia.Gary Wickham is Professor of Sociology at Murdoch University, Australia.

"Structurally the book is very clearly laid out, and stylistically it is consistently dynamic and engaging." - Thomas L. Muinzer, Queen's University Belfast for Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (2014)]"The book does not present a critical analysis of the effectiveness of legal political government for tackling environmental problems. Rather, its major contribution, through its description of its origins, is to aid understanding of why this type of government governs the environmental effects of human activities in particular ways and of why it has failed to date to provide an adequate response to environmental degradation." - Dr Olivia Woolley, University of Aberdeen for the Environmental Law Review (2014)

• Part 1: Different Discourses of the Environment 1. Moral and Aesthetic Discourses of the Environment 2. Scientific, Political, Economic Discourses of the Environment 3. Legal Discourses of the Environment Part 2: Climate Change - Refiguring Environmental Legal Understanding 4. Contemporary Construction of the Environment 5. Ecologically Sustainable Development 6. Risk