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environmental law  

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  • Environmental law refers to the array of rules guiding human behaviors that affect the physical and biological world. These rules define what is prohibited, allowed, or required of people in a given situation and the penalties for transgressing those rules. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Environmental Law]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/environmental_law

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