Source Currency: Volume 38, Issue 2, 1 July 2026. J Environmental Law (2026) 38 (2): 149 Update Information: Articles Philanthropy shaping environmental law: the 'influence of thought' Green defaults in sustainable finance: compliance challenges at the intersection of private and public law Conservation covenants: what is the role of reciprocity? Realizing a just transition towards the restoration and sustainable management of agricultural peatlands in Scotland The (in)ability of ensuring sustainability of EU's forest-based carbon capture and utilization Significant UK environmental law cases 2025–6 Pioneering climate justice in Asia: South Korea's Constitutional Court sets an intergenerational equity precedent for government accountability Environment Protection Authority v Forestry Corporation of NSW: amici curiae and restorative environmental justice.
Condensing essential information into three issues a year, the Journal of Environmental Law has become an authoritative source of informed analysis for all those who have any dealings in this field of legal study. The Journal exists for both legal practitioners and academics but also proves accessible for other groups concerned with the environment including scientists to planners. It offers: major articles on a wide variety of topics, refereed and written to the highest standards, providing innovative and authoritative appraisals of current and emerging concepts, policies and practice with a case law section covering a selection of English-language cases from recent months, the judgment is reproduced in full, and is followed by a detailed analysis. An annual European Case Law section providing full annotation of all cases on environmental issues emanating from the European Court of Justice. It also includes a substantial book reviews section and a materials section reproducing texts of recent legal, or quasi-legal, documents concerning the environment, such as European Directives and technical guidance texts. Footnotes, where present, are bi-directional. This journal, along with other available UK law journals, can be searched in the All UK Law Journals file. Online ISSN: 1464-374X Print ISSN: 0952-8873.