В рамках новой европейской стратегии «Европа 2020» ЕС уделяет большое внимание защите окружающей среды, как вспомогательному элементу в разумном, устойчивом и всеобъемлющем росте экономики государств-членов ЕС.

Reviewed by Dr. Elisa Morgera, Lecturer in European Environmental Law, University of Edinburgh.
European environmental law is fast growing, increasingly specialized and significantly influencing the general law of the European Union (EU),[1] as well as having an impact on international and comparative environmental law. There are few monographs providing a complete overview of European environmental law,[2] and the third edition of Jans and Vedder’s manual is certainly to be welcomed by conveners of EU environmental law courses, researchers and students alike.