The history and context of the SEA directive / Robert McCracken QC and Ned Westaway
The transposition of the SEA directive / Gregory Jones QC
Plans and programmes under the SEA directive / Valerie Fogleman
The meaning of "required by legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions?" / Simon Ricketts and Juliet Munn
The meaning of "Early and effective opportunity" for consultation / Stephen Ashworth and Rachael Herbert
The role of alternatives in the SEA directive / David Elvin QC
From SA to SEA : sustainability appraisals and strategic environmental assessment / Jack Connah and Stephanie Hall
Examining the purpose and impact of the SEA directive : Blazing upstream? strategic environmental assessment as hot law / Elizabeth Fisher
Streamlining the SEA process / William R Sheate
SEA and the control of government environmental policy / Eloise Scotford
SEA of non-town and country planning plans or programmes / Gregory Jones QC and David Graham
Strategic environmental assessment and water framework directives / William Howarth
Uncharted waters : SEA in the UK offshore area / Richard Caddell
Strategic environmental assessment in a cold climate : the Scottish experience / Colin Reid and Denis Edwards
Any seaport in a storm : the Northern Ireland SEA experience / William Orbinson QC
Strategic environmental assessment : the Irish experience / Muine Ryall
Afterword : AAR HUS and HS2 / Richard Macrory and Gregory Jones QC.