Environmental Law in Pakistan - IUCN

The original research framework for Environmental Law inPakistan was developed jointly by the Series GeneralEditor and one of the authors. The outline was testedand revised during the process of compiling and draftingeach of the volumes in this series.Authors were selected to include both legal academics and practising attorneys, to provide a widerange of perspectives and approaches to the research design. Two authors worked on the reviewof federal law, and at least two worked on each of the other volumes in the series. All authors mettwice during the initial stages of compilation and drafting to discuss difficulties and questions, andagree on common solutions. This collaboration delivered composite analyses of hierarchy andgovernance that are richer and more exhaustive than individual chapters would have been withoutthe joint effort.Each team of authors evaluated legislation in force for every category specified in the researchdesign, and selected for analysis those laws relevant to the focus on natural resources and relatedprocesses. Questions about the applicability of a particular legal instrument were resolved throughconsultations between authors and editors.Resources tapped to research federal statutes included the Pakistan Code, law reports publishedin Pakistan, and a variety of academic and commercial legal texts. Laws are amended frequentlyand not all the amending statutes are published in the resources generally available, making itdifficult—and in some cases impossible—to definitively ascertain the current status of a law. Whileeven the oldest laws may be found in the Pakistan Code, rules and regulations framed pursuant toacts and ordinances are not included.02Methodology17EnvironmentalLaw in PakistanFederal