The Development Of Environmental Law Under The Risk Society

The main characteristic of risk society is the uncertainty and unpredictability of the results. In fact, since the industrial civilization has occupied the dominant position of society, human society has been gradually entering the risk society gradually, and has begun to take various preventive measures on risks. In terms of environment law, it is a kind of prevention on the uncertainty of the future and a kind of governance after the risk appears. With the increasingly serious environmental problems, people have been gradually recognizing and proposing relevant theories of risk theory and in-depth discussion on this problem. The development of law must be based on the society, which is true with environment law. The occurrence of law changes the social soil of environment law, and of course, environment law has made corresponding changes. With the judgment of its open system and the increasingly serious environmental problems, environment law introduces new theories continuously to cope with various challenges of the risk society. The adjustment and changes of the concept of environment law and principles of environment law are in the first place. In this way, concept of environment law and principles of environment law are given responsibilities of the times and historical mission that are inescapable.Risk society is a social dilemma that people are unwilling to see and can not be avoided. Both the law and other social sciences and natural sciences are making contribution to deal with risks with great efforts. As a basic means to maintain safety and fairness of human order, and achieve the justice and harmony among people and between human and the nature, law must change with the development of the times. This is the appropriate advance that the law has demonstrated. As a law for preventing environmental risks, of course, environment law should also keep up with the pace of the times and society, enrich practical experience constantly and innovate theoretical system. The occurrence of risk society makes environment law and even the entire laws have threats and challenges brought by its uncertainty everywhere and at all times. For this reason, environment law is pushed to the forefront of the era. Research on risk society is carried out under such a background, and this chapter is to analyze according to the main line of concept of the environment law (macro)—principles of environment law (medium)—system of environment law (micro).Ultimately, biodiversity conservation, biological species of safety and environmental emergencies system as the starting point, the proposed legislation on the risk of preventive legal system perfect.