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Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas; Brooks, Victoria --- "Introduction" [2017] ELECD 1441; in Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas; Brooks, Victoria (eds), "Research Methods in Environmental Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) x

Book Title: Research Methods in Environmental Law

Editor(s): Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas; Brooks, Victoria

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781784712563

Section Title: Introduction

Author(s): Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas; Brooks, Victoria

Number of pages: 11

Abstract/Description:

We were inspired to take on the project of this collection as a result of our teaching. Our undergraduate and graduate experience has brought home to us the need for a research methodology aid that could double up as a teaching companion, bringing together radical and innovative approaches to researching environmental law. Frequently in our teaching, the experience of approaching environmental law in what we consider a researchrich, quite radical, hands-on and dedicated interdisciplinary way, has given rise to enthusiastic cries of ‘eureka’ uttered by teachers and students alike. These ‘eureka’ moments tend to call into question the suitability of traditional environmental law methods in answering the urgent questions of how, whether and for whom the environment ought to be protected and regulated. Such moments occur with increasing regularity as the Anthropocene generation come to reflect on their role in bringing about, as well as in changing, the course of this epoch. The implication of this reflection is the need for ‘interventions’ in both teaching and research practice in the field of environmental law scholarship. Education is one of the key fora for the beginning, as well as the staging of such interventions. But we are also aiming at filling a gap in the market in terms of new, material, grounded, embodied research methodologies that will encourage current and prospective environmental law researchers to consider some different approaches. We hope that this collection will be a worthy companion for students, teachers and researchers.


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