for in the absence of a magistrate the strong will swallow the weak; but under his protection, the weak resist the strong The Arthashastra (Kautilya) There are a few ways of doing environmental regulation. The first is a legislature passing specific laws saying what's illegal and what's not. This happens after months of debate, with various participants lobbying for what they want and legislators coming to a compromise. The second is to specify what outcomes you want and let the specifics of this be set by regulatory agencies. A law might say "this thing is illegal and X agency must make rules to ensure its implementation". Crucially this approach avoids going too deep into the specifics and leaving those to bureaucrats. The nice part of this is that changes to the law can be made without going through a long legislative process by either asking the regulators to change them or more commonly, changing the regulators as governments change.
Vetocracy: Big Lawsuits eat Small Fish
Vetocracy: Big Lawsuits eat Small Fish
Vetocracy: Big Lawsuits eat Small Fish
for in the absence of a magistrate the strong will swallow the weak; but under his protection, the weak resist the strong The Arthashastra (Kautilya) There are a few ways of doing environmental regulation. The first is a legislature passing specific laws saying what's illegal and what's not. This happens after months of debate, with various participants lobbying for what they want and legislators coming to a compromise. The second is to specify what outcomes you want and let the specifics of this be set by regulatory agencies. A law might say "this thing is illegal and X agency must make rules to ensure its implementation". Crucially this approach avoids going too deep into the specifics and leaving those to bureaucrats. The nice part of this is that changes to the law can be made without going through a long legislative process by either asking the regulators to change them or more commonly, changing the regulators as governments change.