Legislation and the Stress of Environmental Problems

Abstract For lawyers and legal scholars, legislation seems a known quantity—a relatively permanent, public expression of democratic processes in parliamentary democracies the rule law. This ‘knowable’ character can however be misleading, particularly field environmental article examines why research into is challenging but critically important. A short history UK law provides salient examples political stress highly complex, unsettled, even unknowable, legislation. Collective problems demand legislative responses shaping individual behaviours guiding social policies—but knowing how to craft these evaluate resulting often uncharted territory. Navigating that terrain vital task for scholars practitioners, investigate serious arise from its construction, including poor legibility, fragmentation, concerns about compatibility with