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Cambridge University Press Alaska is Not a Blank Space
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mandatory Sustainability Requirements in EU Public Procurement Law: Reflections on a Paradigm Shift
Book SynopsisThis book provides the first comprehensive appraisal of the paradigm shift towards mandatory sustainability requirements in EU public procurement law. Traditionally, EU public procurement law focused on ‘how to buy’, dictating procedural rules so that public buyers in the Member States did not discriminate against suppliers and service providers from other Member States. Mandatory green and social requirements mean that, with a view to achieving sustainable development goals and mitigating climate change, the EU will limit this discretionary power for public buyers, pushing them to acquire more sustainable goods and services. Based on legal analysis informed by economic perspectives, the book aims to contribute to an understanding and critical discussion of the EU legislator’s move towards regulating ‘what to buy’. The book discusses the role of the Public Procurement Directives in relation to this paradigm shift, as well as various other sectoral legislative instruments that have been revamped or newly introduced in light of the European Green Deal. The paradigm shift is analysed from different perspectives, including subsidiarity, alternative regulation, economics and public purchasing. The book includes novel sectoral studies on transport, food, clothing, and construction, discussing how change is taking place and what its major challenges are for the future. Chapters on Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and more, offer case studies of Member States that have already introduced mandatory requirements and highlight lessons learnt. This is an essential book for professionals working with public procurement law in academia and practice, and to those engaged in achieving public policy objectives in light of climate change and social injustice.Table of ContentsPart 1: Foundations of the Paradigm Shift - Towards Mandatory Sustainability Requirements in EU Public Procurement 1. Shifting Towards Mandatory Sustainability Requirements in EU Public Procurement Law: Context, Relevance and a Typology, Willem Janssen (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) 2. Climate Change and Public Procurement: Are We Shifting the Legal Discourse? Marta Andhov (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Federica Muscaritoli (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) 3. Subsidiarity Lost Along the Way? EU Public Procurement Legislation on the Road to Sustainability, Ton van den Brink (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) 4. Mandatory Requirements in Sustainable Public Procurement: The Economic Perspective, Enrique Carreras (University of Turin, Italy) and Davide Vannoni (University of Torino, Italy) 5. Coercive, Mimetic and Normative Influences on the Uptake of Sustainable Public Procurement: An Institutional Perspective, Fredo Schotanus (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) and Ruben Nicolas (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) 6. Regulating the Producer Instead of the Procurer – The EU Sustainable Products Initiative and Extended Producer Responsibility as Ways to Foster the Transition to a Circular Economy, Chris Backes (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) and Marlon Boeve (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) Part 2: Sectoral Scrutiny – Mandatory Sustainability Requirements in Current and Future EU (Sectoral) Regulation 7. Charge of the Light Brigade? The Clean Vehicles Directive and the Batteries Regulation, Abby Semple (Greenville Procurement Partners, Ireland) 8. Food: Mandatory EU Public Procurement Criteria for Food after the Farm to Fork Strategy, Hanna Schebesta (Wageningen University, the Netherlands) and Maria José Plana Casado (Wageningen University, the Netherlands) 9. Textiles and Clothing: Mandatory Social Requirements as the Way Forward? Malgorzata Koszewska (Lodz University of Technology, Poland) and Jeanne Svensky Ligte (Lodz University of Technology, Poland) 10. Transforming the Construction Sector Through Minimum Requirements, Dorothy Gruyaert (KU Leuven, Belgium) and Veerle Pissierssens (Lawyer, Belgium) Part 3: Member State Experiences – Mandatory Sustainability Requirements on the Member State Level 11. Italy: Leading the Way Towards Mandatory Sustainable Public Procurement through Minimum Environmental Criteria, Guilia Botta (University of Milan, Italy) 12. The Netherlands: Obligations to Justify the Lowest Price and to Create as Much Societal Value as Possible, Paul Heijnsbroek (Straatman Koster, the Netherlands) 13. Spain: Transitioning Towards Sustainable Public Procurement Mandatory Requirements, Ximena Lazo Vitoria (University of Alcalá, Spain) Part 4: Future Perspectives – The Future of Sustainable Public Procurement 14. Mandatory Requirements in Public Procurement Law: The Role of Remedies, Courts and Public Interest Litigation, François Lichère (University of Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France) and Oriane Sulpice (University Lumière Lyon 2, France) 15. Collective Reflections on the Future of Mandatory Sustainable Public Procurement, Roberto Caranta (University of Turin, Italy) and Willem Janssen (Utrecht University, the Netherlands)
£90.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Protecting the Ozone Layer: The United Nations History
Book SynopsisIn the 1970s the world became aware of a huge danger: the destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer by CFCs escaping into the atmosphere, and the damage this could do to human health and the food chain. So great was the threat that by 1987 the UN had succeeded in coordinating an international treaty to phase out emissions; which, over the following 15 years has been implemented. It has been hailed as an outstanding success. It needed the participation of all the parties: governments, industry, scientists, campaigners, NGOs and the media, and is a model for future treaties. This volume provides the authoritative and comprehensive history of the whole process from the earliest warning signs to the present. It is an invaluable record for all those involved and a necessary reference for future negotiations to a wide range of scholars, students and professionals.Trade Review'One of the most impressive environmental books ever written.' Ambassador Richard Benedick, US Negotiator to the Montreal Protocol and author of Ozone Diplomacy '[An] outstanding historical account.' European Environment 'The remarkable story of how all countries - rich and poor, capitalist and communist, North and South - joined together against a common enemy: environmental destruction.' Mostafa K Tolba, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations, and Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, 1976-1992 'The strength of this book is its comprehensive character, written by two experts. The result is a book that is unique in its documentation and contains the most interesting insights.' International Journal of Sustainable Development 'The book is brought to life by personal perspectives. Here, some of the leading players - politicians, scientists, industrialists and environmentalists - give their own view of events.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'Sarma and Anderson's book is full of wonderful vignettes that demonstrate the creativity and dedication of government scientists and civil servants who worked for over a decade to create a workable global environmental management regime.' NatureTable of ContentsThe Science of Ozone depletion: From Theory to Certainty * Diplomacy: the Beginning, 1974-1987 * Diplomacy: From Strength to Strength, 1988-1992 * Diplomacy: Racing Towards Success * Technology and Business Policy * Implementation of the Montreal Protocol * Compliance with the Montreal Protocol * Media Coverage of the Ozone-layer Issue * Environmental NGO's, the Ozone layer and the Montreal Protocol * Notes * List of Acronyms and Abbreviations * Glossary * About the Contributors * Index
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Springer Building the Case How Lawyers are Leading on Sustainability
Book SynopsisShining the Spotlight: Lawyers Leading on Sustainability by Andrew Mclaughlin.- Legacy in Practice: A Family-Driven Path to Sustainability Law by Conor Chell.- The Law, the Planet and the Future by Bob Rae.- ESG at the Crossroads of Polarization by Erin O'Toole.- Sustainability Standards and the Practice of Law by Michael Torrance.- Building A Human Rights Program by Jonathan Drimmer.- Taming the Uncertainty: The Art & Science of Corporate Human Rights Counsel by Yousuf Aftab.- Advancing the Power and Water Sectors by Aaron Atcheson.- Healing Tomorrow: Designing Sustainable Healthcare in a Complicated World by Jennifer Suess.- Indigenous Law and Sustainability by Sandy Carpenter.- Social Sustainability and Workplace Law by Jillian Frank.- Beyond the Bar: Purpose, Risk and Innovation by David Myrol.- Dissecting Sustainability: A critical approach to the Sustainable Development Discourse by Carlos Escoto.- Drop by Drop: Resiliency and the Pursuit of Personal Ideals and Professional Passions by Shenandoah Johns.
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Springer International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2025
Book SynopsisForeword by Dirk Messner.- Part I: The Theme: The Global Multiple Crisis and Sustainable Soil Management: Soil Law: Protection and Restoration of the Finite Resource by Rattan Lal.- Soil, War and the Battle Against Misinformation: Debunking Myths in Ukraine’s Agricultural Recovery by Olena Melnyk et al.- Sustainable Soil Management in Failed or Destabilized States by Delwendé Innocent Kiba and Wendpayangdé Inès Carolle Kiba.- One Security by Alex McBratney and Daniel Park.-Global Soil Governance in the Midst of Health Pandemics and Crises: WHO Pandemic Treaty, 2025 to the Rescue? by Pamela Towela Sambo.- Losing Ground: Soil Degradation, Displacement, and the Global Climate Crisis by Giuseppe Poderati.- Political Framework Conditions and Legal Instruments of Soil Protection to Prevent Hunger and Achieve Food Security by Irene Heuser.- Law and Policy, and Sustainable Agriculture by Ian Hannam and Thomas Hannam.-EU Law and the Energy Transition: Leaving Soils Behind? by Matteo Fermeglia und Heloísa Oliveira.- Digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability in the Context of Sustainable Soil Management: The Future Role of Law and Governance? by Harald Ginzky and Oliver Ruppel.- Degrading the Soil: An Act of Ecocide? by Ian Hannam.- Part II: Recent International Developments: Fertile Ground or Barren Policy? Evaluating Cross-Convention Approaches to Soil Protection by Tejas Rao.- UNCCD COP16: Key Discussions and Outcomes on Science, Participation, and Drought, and the Growing Emphasis on Agriculture and Rangelands by Jonathan Schieren, Laura Madrid and Ben Akintola.- Plastic Pollution in Soils – the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, Including in the Marine Environment by Alexandara Harrington.- Soil Protection and the Alpine Convention by Elfi Hasler.- Part III: Regional/National Reports: Soil Protection Law in Austria by Gerd Schnedl.- Soil legislation by the European Union: an EU “Soil Monitoring Law” on the Horizon? by Harald Ginzky and Siliva Pieper.- Recent Developments in Soil Governance in Australia: The Drive Towards a National Policy and Implications for Rural Land by Andrew Lawson.- Soil Erosion and Dust Storm in Iran and the Middle East Region from the Perspective of International Law by Ali Mashhadi.- Social and Ecological Sustainability of Land Improvement and Soil Use in the Japanese Agricultural Sector: Focusing on Gender Equality and Biodiversity by Kohei Kameoka and Mitsu Takahashi.- Part IV: Cross-cutting Issues: A Strategy for Soil Protection on a Local Scale: Nature-Based Solutions for Making the City of Kassel (Germany) Climate Neutral by Jochen Wulfhorst.- From Land to Soil: Changes and Setbacks in French Law by Maylis Desrousseaux.- Forest Soil Protection in Germany – Innovations from a Leaked Federal Forest Act Amendment Draft in 2023 by Ina Krahl.
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Springer The Normative and Regulatory Challenges for the Implementation of the European DeforestationFree Regulation in Third Affected Countries
Book SynopsisIntroduction.- EU as ‘Global Standard-Setter’ in Climate Change and Effects on Non-EU Countries.- Assessing the EUDR’S Challenges and Opportunities.- Potential Dispute Resolution Alternatives.- The Impacts of the EUDR in Brazil.- General Conclusion.
£104.49
Springer International Publishing AG Energy Law in Brazil: Oil, Gas and Biofuels
Book SynopsisThis book describes the energy-law situation in Brazil. It focuses on three specific energy sectors: oil, natural gas and biofuel. The decision to concentrate on these areas takes into account the role that these energy sectors play in the economic, political and legal systems in Brazil, as well as the fact that they are the primary subjects of current discussions surrounding economic regulation in the country. The book, composed of thematic chapters authored by specialized legal researchers, analyzes the different aspects of the oil, gas and biofuels industry, starting with an introduction and technical points and followed by a discussion of the legal issues. It also considers the different legal areas used to examine the aforementioned energy sectors, such as regulatory law, environmental law, tax law, international law, among others. The book will serve as a valuable guide for researchers interested in understanding Brazilian energy law, and at the same it time presents the state of the art of studies carried out in Brazil.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction: The Brazilian Scenario of the Oil, Gas and Biofuel Industry.- Part II: The Regulation of Oil and Gas Industry in Brazil.- Part III: The Regulation of Biofuels Industry in Brazil.- Part V: The Tax Law and the Brazilian Oil, Gas and Biofuels industry.- Part VII: International Law and the International Legal Aspects of Brazilian.
£85.49
Edinburgh University Press Global Justice and Climate Governance
Book SynopsisThis book evaluates the global response to climate change from a cosmopolitan justice perspective. Investigating the role of states, cities, corporations, and non-governmental organisations in the post-Paris Agreement era, Dietzel provides fresh insight into the 'big picture' of climate change (mis)management.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Renewable Energy Law
Book SynopsisThis is the first textbook to provide a clear understanding of law’s role in promoting the global growth of renewable energy production and consumption. The book introduces readers to the main legal frameworks shaping the rise of renewables at international, regional and national levels, including those which set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing renewable energy consumption. Clear explanations of challenges commonly confronting renewable developments and the legal responses to them aid readers’ understanding whatever their background. The author, a leading researcher in energy and environmental law, has drawn on 10 years’ experience of developing and teaching research-led courses on renewable energy law to produce an authoritative but accessible work. Readers will come away with a better understanding of how international law on climate change and sustainable development affects renewable energy, the roles of renewable energy targets and subsidies, the laws on integrating renewables into electricity networks, the legal response to public opposition to renewable energy development, the law surrounding offshore renewables, and issues raised by the decarbonisation of road transport.Trade ReviewClear, thematic coverage of the subject matter, well presented and nicely integrating the various legal regimes and instruments involved. -- Angus Johnston * University of Oxford *Extends beyond national law and regulation to international and also explains the nuts-and-bolts of renewable energy. -- Peter Cameron * University of Dundee *Table of Contents1. Renewable Energy Law: An Introduction 2. International Climate Change Law and Renewable Energy 3. Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy 4. Enabling Renewable Energy Growth: The Role of Targets 5. Securing Investment in Renewable Energy: The Role of Subsidies 6. Transmitting Electricity 7. Planning, Licensing, and Public Opposition 8. Offshore Renewables 9. Decarbonising Road Transport
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Global Energy Transition: Law, Policy and Economics for Energy in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisGlobal energy is on the cusp of change, and it has become almost a truism that energy is in transition. But what does this notion mean exactly? This book explores the working hypothesis that, characteristically, the energy system requires a strategy of the international community of states to deliver sustainable energy to which all have access. This strategy is for establishing rules-based governance of the global energy value-cycle. The book has four substantive parts that bring together contributions of leading experts from academia and practice on the law, policy, and economics of energy. Part I, ‘The prospects of energy transition’, critically discusses the leading forecasts for energy and the strategies that resource-rich countries may adopt. Part II, ‘Rules-based multilateral governance of the energy sector’, details the development and sources of rules on energy. Part III, ‘Competition and regulation in transboundary energy markets’, discusses principal instruments of rules-based governance of energy. Part IV, ‘Attracting investments and the challenges of multi-level governance’, focuses on the critical governance of the right investments. This book is a flagship publication of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee. It launches the Hart series ‘Global Energy Law and Policy’ and is edited by the series general editors Professors Peter D Cameron and Volker Roeben, and also Dr Xiaoyi Mu.Table of ContentsIntroduction Peter D Cameron, University of Dundee, UK, Xiaoyi Mu, University of Dundee, UK and Volker Roeben, University of Durham, UK PART I PROSPECTS FOR AN ENERGY TRANSITION 1. Comparison of Outlooks and Implications for an Energy Transition Xiaoyi Mu, University of Dundee, UK and Dilip K Jena, University of Dundee, UK 2. Oil-rich Countries’ Responses to Energy Transition: Managing the Decline David Manley, Natural Resource Governance Institute, Patrick Heller, University of California, USA and James Cust, Colorado School of Mines, USA PART II RULES-BASED MULTILATERAL GOVERNANCE OF THE ENERGY SECTOR 3. A Treatise for Energy Law Raphael J Heffron, University of Dundee, UK , Anita Rønne, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Joseph P Tomain, University of Cincinnati, USA, Adrian Bradbrook, University of Adelaide, Australia and Kim Talus, University of Eastern Finland 4. What do we Mean when we Talk about International Energy Law? Volker Roeben, University of Durham, UK and Gökçe Mete, Stockhold Environment Institute, Sweden 5. The Legal Effect of the Paris Rulebook under the Doctrine of Treaty Interpretation Petra Minnerop, University of Durham, UK 6. How will Energy Market Regulation have to Change in the Era of Energy 4.0? Penelope Crossley, University of Sydney, Australia PART III COMPETITION AND REGULATION IN TRANSBOUNDARY ENERGY MARKETS 7. Between Transnational Private Law and Public International Law: Engineer-driven Self-governance in Transboundary Energy Megaprojects Christoph G Benedict, Heidelberg University, Germany 8. Managing the Threat of Regulatory Capture under the European Energy Union Rafael Emmanuel Macatangay, University of Dundee, UK and Volker Roeben, University of Dundee, UK 9. Power Over Power: The Global Energy Interconnection and Potential Cyber-threats Jakob Haerting, University of Turku, Finland PART IV ATTRACTING INVESTMENTS AND THE CHALLENGES OF MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE 10. Implementing the Energy Transition in the Face of Investment Protection Standards Martin Jarrett, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany 11. The EU FDI Screening Regulation as an Example of the Proliferation of FDI Screening Processes Affecting the Energy Sector Leonie Reins, Tilburg University, Netherlands and Dylan Geraets, University of Eastern Finland 12. International Arbitration in the Renewable Field: Recent Developments in Spain Iñigo del Guayo, University of Almería, Spain 13. How should Shale Gas Extraction be Taxed? Philip Daniel, Alan Krupnick, Thornton Matheson, Peter Mullins, Ian Parry and Artur Swistak 14. Trinidad and Tobago’s Oil and Gas Sector in a Changing World (2010–2019) Kevin Ramnarine, former Minister of Energy, Trinidad and Tobago The Concept of Global Energy Transition and its Agenda Peter D Cameron, University of Dundee, UK, Xiaoyi Mu, University of Dundee, UK and Volker Roeben, University of Durham, UK
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PublicAffairs,U.S. A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved
Book SynopsisAs climate change begins to take a serious toll on the planet--with much more damage yet to come--a solution to our warming problems is hiding in plain sight. We need to commit to de-carbonizing our economy, and do so immediately, but so far we have lacked the courage to really try.Our fears of nuclear energy have grown irrationally large, even as our fears of climate change are irrationally small.In this clear-sighted and compelling book, Joshua Goldstein and Steffan Qvist come bearing good news: a real solution, one that is fast, cheap, and provably works. Based on Sweden's success cutting their carbon emissions in half, Goldstein and Qvist argue for a policy that combines nuclear and renewable energy sources. From 1970-1990, Sweden replaced coal power plants with nuclear ones, and slowly integrated renewable energy alongside it. During that same time period, the country generated more electricity than ever and its economy grew by 50 percent. They have had no nuclear accidents, nor has any of their uranium been stolen by terrorists.Separating facts from doomsday scenarios, Goldstein and Qvist force a real and meaningful dialogue about what the best energy policy is, and the dangers of remaining on our present path. And they offer an answer that really could work--if only we'd give it a try.
£14.24
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Toxics and Transnational Law: International and
Book SynopsisAs an environmental issue transcending national boundaries,the spread of toxic substances in the environment, with harmful consequences for ecosystems and human health has become the focus of transnational regulatory efforts in a variety of international fora. In order to address the problems created by transboundary toxic movements a set of binding as well as non-binding norms are being developed at the European and international level. This book analyses the development and effectiveness of transnational toxics law through two case studies: one dealing with the European regional regime for the control of toxic discharges in the aquatic environment and the other looking at the emerging global regime for the regulation of international trade in hazardous pesticides. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal and political framework in EU law for the reduction of inputs of hazardous substances in the marine and freshwater environment, and in regional agreements for the protection of the marine environment of the North Sea and Northeast Atlantic, Baltic Sea and Mediterranean. It also offers a critical account of the development of soft and hard law regulating exports of banned and severely restricted pesticides from industrialised to developing countries; from the resolutions of the United Nations Environment Programme and General Assembly in the late 1970s, to the signing of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure in 1998. The author shows that international normative efforts in these two fields have proved much more productive in establishing procedural obligations for states than in laying down actual substantive standards to govern their conduct, and argues that transnational environmental law may be valued by governments more for its symbolic, value-expressive function, than for any real problem-solving capacity.Trade ReviewPallemaerts' discussion of the issues confirms that he possesses a thorough understanding of the pertinent regulatory regimes well-presented, well-argued, sophisticated and coherent an interesting and highly informative book. Lucas Bergkamp, Managing Partner, Hunton Williams, Brussels and Professor of International Liability Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law May 2005Table of ContentsPART I. INTRODUCTION 1. Toxic Substances as an Object of Transnational Environmental Regulation 2. Law as an Instrument of International Environmental Policy PART II. TOXIC SUBSTANCES IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS: THE REGULATION OF TOXIC EMISSIONS IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT 3. Transboundary Pollution of the Aquatic Environment by Toxic Substances from Industrial Processes and Products: The Problem and its Perception 4. The Land-Based Sources Regime for the North Sea and North East Atlantic 5. The Baltic Land-Based Sources Regime: The 1974 and 1992 Helsinki Conventions on the Protection of The Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area 6. The Mediterranean Land-Based Sources Regime: The 1976 Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution and its Protocols 7. The Regulation of Emissions of Dangerous Substances in International Watercourses 8. The Regulation of Emissions of Dangerous Substances into the Aquatic Environment under European Community Law 9. The Interaction between International Law and European Community Law: The Participation of the European Community in International Conventions Concerning Emissions of Dangerous Substances in the Aquatic Environment PART III. TOXIC SUBSTANCES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE: THE REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN PESTICIDES 10. Health and Environment Effects in the Third World of Inadequately Regulated Pesticide Trade and Use: The Problem and its Perception 11. The 'Soft' Response Model: United States Legislation on the Export of Banned and Severely Restricted Pesticides 12. The First Phase of International Regulatory Efforts: From 'Hard' Soft Law to 'Soft' Hard Law? 13. The Second Phase of International Regulatory Efforts: Towards a Consensus on Prior Informed Consent 14. The Third Phase of International Regulatory Efforts: From 'Hard' Soft Law to 'Soft' Hard Law? 15. The Implementation of International Norms by the European Community: Community Regulation of Hazardous Chemical Exports 16. The Implementation of International Norms by the United States: The Evolution of National Law and Policy PART IV. OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS 17. The Regulation of Toxic Emissions in the Aquatic Environment: A Regime Appraisal 18. The Regulation of International Trade in Pesticides: A Regime Appraisal 19. Transnational Environmental Law Between Legal Instrumentalism and Legal Symbolism
£180.50
Springer Ecocide
Book Synopsis1 Introduction.- 2 Massive Environmental Damages in the World.- 3 Climate Litigation and International Law.- 4 Development of the Notion of Ecocide.- 5 Ecocide in National Legislations.- 6 The Bills on Ecocide.- 7 The Path of Ecocide as an International Crime.- 8 Jurisdiction and Sovereignty.- 9 Conclusion.
£125.99
Columbia University Press SocialEcological Resilience and Law
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book not only provides a conceptual backbone but also gives particular examples and specific proposals that will be of great interest to lawyers and agency managers. The text will be a major help to legal reformers and implementers struggling with this important and timely issue. -- Robert L. Fischman, Indiana University Maurer School of Law An excellent and timely account of how the law does influence, could influence, and should influence resilience in linked social-ecological systems. I strongly recommend this volume to natural resource management researchers and practitioners. -- Brian Walker, author of Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World This pathbreaking book brings together leading scholars who offer new thinking on how law might better be reconciled with resilience science. This means more than simply tinkering with existing approaches to management of natural resources. It requires building resilience into social-ecological systems, including the law itself. This is no small undertaking, and this book sets us on the right path by raising many of the necessary questions. -- Bradley C. Karkkainen, University of Minnesota Law School Social-Ecological Resilience and Law turns compelling theories into practical suggestions for building a more resilient future and should be read by academics and policymakers alike. -- Joshua Farley BioScienceTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Social-Ecological Resilience and Law Ahjond S. Garmestani, Craig R. Allen, Craig Anthony Arnold, and Lance H. Gunderson 1. Wilderness Preserves: Still Relevant and Resilient After All These Years, by Sandi Zellmer and John M. Anderies 2. Bringing Resilience to Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Protection, by Melinda Harm Benson and Matthew E. Hopton 3. Landscape Level Management of Parks, Refuges, and Preserves for Ecosystem Resilience, by Robert L. Glicksman and Graeme S. Cumming 4. Marine Protected Areas, Marine Spatial Planning, and the Resilience of Marine Ecosystems, by Robin Kundis Craig and Terry P. Hughes 5. Resilience and Water Governance: Addressing Fragmentation and Uncertainty in Water Allocation and Water Quality Law, by Barbara A. Cosens and Craig A. Stow 6. Institutionalized Cooperation and Resilience in Transboundary Freshwater Allocation, by Olivia Odom Green and Charles Perrings 7. Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Resilience, and Resilience of Ecosystem Management Policy, J. B. Ruhl and F. Stuart Chapin III 8. Maintaining Resilience in the Face of Climate Change, by Alejandro E. Camacho and T. Douglas Beard 9. Matching Scales of Law with Social-Ecological Contexts to Promote Resilience, by Jonas Ebbesson and Carl Folke 10. Incorporating Resilience and Innovation into Law and Policy: A Case for Preserving a Natural Resource Legacy and Promoting a Sustainable Future, by Tarsha Eason, Alyson C. Flournoy, Heriberto Cabezas, and Michael A. Gonzalez 11. Adaptive Law, Craig Anthony Arnold and Lance H. Gunderson 12. The Integration of Social-Ecological Resilience and Law, by Ahjond S. Garmestani, Craig R. Allen, J. B. Ruhl, and C. S. Holling Contributors Index
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Columbia University Press SocialEcological Resilience and Law
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book not only provides a conceptual backbone but also gives particular examples and specific proposals that will be of great interest to lawyers and agency managers. The text will be a major help to legal reformers and implementers struggling with this important and timely issue. -- Robert L. Fischman, Indiana University Maurer School of Law An excellent and timely account of how the law does influence, could influence, and should influence resilience in linked social-ecological systems. I strongly recommend this volume to natural resource management researchers and practitioners. -- Brian Walker, author of Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World This pathbreaking book brings together leading scholars who offer new thinking on how law might better be reconciled with resilience science. This means more than simply tinkering with existing approaches to management of natural resources. It requires building resilience into social-ecological systems, including the law itself. This is no small undertaking, and this book sets us on the right path by raising many of the necessary questions. -- Bradley C. Karkkainen, University of Minnesota Law School Social-Ecological Resilience and Law turns compelling theories into practical suggestions for building a more resilient future and should be read by academics and policymakers alike. -- Joshua Farley BioScienceTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Social-Ecological Resilience and Law Ahjond S. Garmestani, Craig R. Allen, Craig Anthony Arnold, and Lance H. Gunderson 1. Wilderness Preserves: Still Relevant and Resilient After All These Years, by Sandi Zellmer and John M. Anderies 2. Bringing Resilience to Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Protection, by Melinda Harm Benson and Matthew E. Hopton 3. Landscape Level Management of Parks, Refuges, and Preserves for Ecosystem Resilience, by Robert L. Glicksman and Graeme S. Cumming 4. Marine Protected Areas, Marine Spatial Planning, and the Resilience of Marine Ecosystems, by Robin Kundis Craig and Terry P. Hughes 5. Resilience and Water Governance: Addressing Fragmentation and Uncertainty in Water Allocation and Water Quality Law, by Barbara A. Cosens and Craig A. Stow 6. Institutionalized Cooperation and Resilience in Transboundary Freshwater Allocation, by Olivia Odom Green and Charles Perrings 7. Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Resilience, and Resilience of Ecosystem Management Policy, J. B. Ruhl and F. Stuart Chapin III 8. Maintaining Resilience in the Face of Climate Change, by Alejandro E. Camacho and T. Douglas Beard 9. Matching Scales of Law with Social-Ecological Contexts to Promote Resilience, by Jonas Ebbesson and Carl Folke 10. Incorporating Resilience and Innovation into Law and Policy: A Case for Preserving a Natural Resource Legacy and Promoting a Sustainable Future, by Tarsha Eason, Alyson C. Flournoy, Heriberto Cabezas, and Michael A. Gonzalez 11. Adaptive Law, Craig Anthony Arnold and Lance H. Gunderson 12. The Integration of Social-Ecological Resilience and Law, by Ahjond S. Garmestani, Craig R. Allen, J. B. Ruhl, and C. S. Holling Contributors Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Global Commons 2e Environmental and Technological
Book SynopsisThis new and updated edition is essential for those wanting to understand the limits to collective action on global environmental problems. It develops and applies the tools of regime analysis to the question of how the various global commons are, or fail to be, governed effectively.Trade Review"...a welcome revision of a valuable book..." ---- Aslib Book Guide, August 2000Table of ContentsPreface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition International Agreements on the Global Commons Abbreviations and Acronyms 1 The Governance of the Commons The Nature of the Commons The Global Commons The 'Tragedy of the Commons' Governance and Regimes Notes 2 Regime Analysis Issue Areas Actors Principles and Norms Decision-making Procedures Rules Regime Change Notes 3 The Oceans The Law of the Sea Whaling Marine Pollution The Deep Seabed Summary Notes 4 Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty System - A Single Regime Principles and Norms Organization and Procedures Rules Monitoring and Enforcement Scientific Activity Summary Notes 5 Outer Space The Space Commons and Space Law Military Uses Environment and Space Debris Information Flow Orbit and Spectrum Summary Notes 6 The Atmosphere Stratospheric Ozone Climate Change Summary Notes 7 Regime Effectiveness Effectiveness as International Law Effectiveness as Transfer of Authority Effectiveness as Behaviour Modification Effectiveness as Problem Solving Regime Assessment Notes 8 Explaining Regime Incidence and Change Structural Explanations Utilitarian Explanations Plural Interests and Values Changing Cognitions - Epistemic Communities A Synthesis? Notes 9 Conclusion Global and Local Commons Multi-layer Governance Notes References Index
£62.96
Harvard University Press Ozone Diplomacy New Directions in Safeguarding the Planet New Directions in Safeguarding the Planet Enlarged Edition Harvard Papers in Ukrainian Studies
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£34.81
John Wiley & Sons Legislating for Sustainable Fisheries A Guide to Implementing the 1993 FAO Compliance Agreement and 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement
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£20.85
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio
Book SynopsisThis book examines the development of environmental law in the period since the ground-breaking 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development or âEarth Summitâ in Rio de Janeiro.Trade ReviewThe Rio Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 was a watershed in environmental law and sustainable development. It unleashed hopes and expectations particularly for the developing countries and the poor and disadvantaged in the global community. The editors have admirably, through a galaxy of leading and eminent intellectuals from the North and the South, analysed the promise of Rio and its impact in the last two decades. It is a remarkable balance sheet of success and failure, of achievements and disappointments. The narrative is compelling and gripping. A must-read for courses in environmental law and policy. --Parvez Hassan, Former Chair, IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, 1990-1996, President, Pakistan Environment Law AssociationThis volume is a timely addition which provides a review of the shortcomings of some crucial aspects of environmental law and policy, from which there are lessons to be learned. Environmental law specialists from universities around the world have contributed to this exceptional book. It offers valuable and wide-ranging insights and is highly recommended reading. --Nikita Lopoukhine, Chair, IUCN World Commission on Protected AreasTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio Jamie Benidickson, Ben Boer, Antonio Herman Benjamin and Karen Morrow PART I: HISTORY, PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF SUSTAINABILITY 2. Reflecting on Rio: Environmental Law in the Coming Decades Nicholas A. Robinson 3. Capacity Building in Environmental Law in African Universities Charles Odidi Okidi 4. Local Agenda 21: A Rights-based Approach to Local Environmental Governance Anél du Plessis 5. Brazilian ‘Socioambientalismo’ and Environmental Justice Fernanda de Salles Cavedon and Ricardo Stanziola Vieira 6. Risk Society and the Precautionary Principle Miriam Alfie Cohen and Adrián de Garay Sánchez 7. Measuring the Environment through Public Procurement Nicola Lugaresi PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS, ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND LIABILITY ISSUES 8. A Sustainable and Equitable Legal Order Werner Scholtz 9. The Courts and Public Participation in Environmental Decision- making Karen Morrow 10. Enchanced Access to Environmental Justice in Kenya Robert Kibugi 11. Towards a New Theory of Environmental Liability Without Proof of Damage José Juan González 12. Diffuse Damages in Environmental Torts in Brazil Arlindo Daibert PART III: NATURAL RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY 13. Transboundary Aquifers: Towards Substantive and Process Reform in Treaty-making Joseph W. Dellapenna and Flavia Rocha Loures 14. Achieving Sustainability: Plant Breeders’ and Farmers’ Rights Mekete Bekele Tekle PART IV: ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY 15. International Law and Sustainable Energy: A Portrait of Failure David Hodas 16. Cross-border Gas Pipelines and Sustainability in Southern Africa Willemien du Plessis 17. Is EU Climate Change Policy Legally Robust? Javier de Cendra de Larragán 18. Combating Climate Change in Uganda Emmanuel Kasimbazi PART V: NATURE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY 19. Contractual Tools for Implementing the CBD in South Africa Alexander Paterson 20. Mangrove Swamps and Sustainability Marcelo Nogueira Camargos and Solange Teles da Silva 21. The Amazonian Treaty and Harmonisation of Environmental Legislation José Augusto Fontoura Costa, Solange Teles da Silva and Fernanda Sola Index
£134.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Conservation Biodiversity and International Law
Book SynopsisThis important and timely book provides a rigorous overview of the defining issues presently facing conservation at international level.Trade ReviewA major work: this book provides a comprehensive picture of the international legal challenges of natural heritage conservation. Truly an indispensable tool for policy-makers, experts and students. The book offers a complete guide to the complex world of treaties that regulate conservation at the global scale. --Francesco Bandarin, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for CultureThis book is written by a prominent and influential scholar who also has the benefit of first hand knowledge of practical working of environmental regimes, having participated in several important negotiations. Gillespie's monograph therefore stands out among other publications on the subject of conservation, combining thoughtful and scholarly approach to issues raised with un-parallel insights into the working of environmental law and the conservation of biodiversity. The book is very original in its presentation of this subject, especially in the selection of topics and the approach which is not only legal but also scientific, philosophical and political. This book is evidence of the great erudition of the author not only in the field of conservation but also in international environmental law and general international law, an example of which can be his analysis of the precautionary principle, trade and a very complex issue of the exception for indigenous peoples and science. Mention also must be made of his detailed approach to various multilateral treaty regimes such as Ramsar Convention and the World Heritage Convention. Gillespie wrote an exceptional book which is a must for international layers, both practitioners and scholars. It is a thought-provoking, very well researched and original monograph, which due to its all- encompassing approach will retain its importance for a very long period of time. --Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary, University of London, UKThe book is an important contribution to environmental literature and specifically to environmental law internationally. International lawyers, both practitioners and academic lawyers alike - as well as policymakers - will welcome this thorough, scholarly and readable monograph as a must-have addition to their libraries. --Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Species and Areas 3. Extinct and Endangered 4. Classifications 5. Tangible Benefits 6. Intangible Considerations 7. Habitat 8. Trade 9. Exceptions for Indigenous Peoples, Science and the Military 10. Aliens, Disease, Pests, and Genetically Modified Species 11. Incidental Capture 12. Development 13. Overlaps and Gaps 14. Compliance 15. Compliance on the High Seas 16. Management 17. Access and Benefit Sharing 18. Local Peoples, Education and Finance 19. Conclusion Index
£181.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Dictionary of Environmental and Climate Change
Book SynopsisThis state-of-the-art Dictionary defines terms employed in international agreements, national legislation and scholarly legal studies related to comparative and international environmental law and the emerging law of climate change.Trade ReviewThis dictionary's unique aspect is that the terms (but not he definitions) are translated into both Chinese characters and Mandarin Pinyin formats... The editors perform a valuable service by helping to diminish the confusion that inevitably arises when representatives of very different legal cultures must work together... Recommended. --T.H. Koenig, ChoiceThere seems to me to be a need for a reference source giving clear and accurate definitions for students of international law who need to know about climate change and the environment. This book can be recommended as a useful step in the right direction. --Martin Guba, Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction and User’s Guide Dictionary of Environmental and Climate Change Law References
£145.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio
Book SynopsisThis book examines the development of environmental law in the period since the ground-breaking 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development or âEarth Summitâ in Rio de Janeiro.Trade ReviewThe Rio Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 was a watershed in environmental law and sustainable development. It unleashed hopes and expectations particularly for the developing countries and the poor and disadvantaged in the global community. The editors have admirably, through a galaxy of leading and eminent intellectuals from the North and the South, analysed the promise of Rio and its impact in the last two decades. It is a remarkable balance sheet of success and failure, of achievements and disappointments. The narrative is compelling and gripping. A must-read for courses in environmental law and policy. --Parvez Hassan, Former Chair, IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, 1990-1996, President, Pakistan Environment Law AssociationThis volume is a timely addition which provides a review of the shortcomings of some crucial aspects of environmental law and policy, from which there are lessons to be learned. Environmental law specialists from universities around the world have contributed to this exceptional book. It offers valuable and wide-ranging insights and is highly recommended reading. --Nikita Lopoukhine, Chair, IUCN World Commission on Protected AreasTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio Jamie Benidickson, Ben Boer, Antonio Herman Benjamin and Karen Morrow PART I: HISTORY, PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF SUSTAINABILITY 2. Reflecting on Rio: Environmental Law in the Coming Decades Nicholas A. Robinson 3. Capacity Building in Environmental Law in African Universities Charles Odidi Okidi 4. Local Agenda 21: A Rights-based Approach to Local Environmental Governance Anél du Plessis 5. Brazilian ‘Socioambientalismo’ and Environmental Justice Fernanda de Salles Cavedon and Ricardo Stanziola Vieira 6. Risk Society and the Precautionary Principle Miriam Alfie Cohen and Adrián de Garay Sánchez 7. Measuring the Environment through Public Procurement Nicola Lugaresi PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS, ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND LIABILITY ISSUES 8. A Sustainable and Equitable Legal Order Werner Scholtz 9. The Courts and Public Participation in Environmental Decision- making Karen Morrow 10. Enchanced Access to Environmental Justice in Kenya Robert Kibugi 11. Towards a New Theory of Environmental Liability Without Proof of Damage José Juan González 12. Diffuse Damages in Environmental Torts in Brazil Arlindo Daibert PART III: NATURAL RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY 13. Transboundary Aquifers: Towards Substantive and Process Reform in Treaty-making Joseph W. Dellapenna and Flavia Rocha Loures 14. Achieving Sustainability: Plant Breeders’ and Farmers’ Rights Mekete Bekele Tekle PART IV: ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY 15. International Law and Sustainable Energy: A Portrait of Failure David Hodas 16. Cross-border Gas Pipelines and Sustainability in Southern Africa Willemien du Plessis 17. Is EU Climate Change Policy Legally Robust? Javier de Cendra de Larragán 18. Combating Climate Change in Uganda Emmanuel Kasimbazi PART V: NATURE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY 19. Contractual Tools for Implementing the CBD in South Africa Alexander Paterson 20. Mangrove Swamps and Sustainability Marcelo Nogueira Camargos and Solange Teles da Silva 21. The Amazonian Treaty and Harmonisation of Environmental Legislation José Augusto Fontoura Costa, Solange Teles da Silva and Fernanda Sola Index
£51.25
Edward Elgar The Right to a Healthy Environment in and Beyond
Book SynopsisIn light of the UN General Assemblyâs recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, this erudite book presents in-depth analyses of the concrete operationalization of this right at the regional, national, and international level.
£130.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate and Energy Law and Policy in the EU and
Book SynopsisGreenhouse gas concentrations are rapidly increasing and as a result, fundamental economic transitions are needed to limit global warming. This essential book examines the climate and energy policies of selected jurisdictions in Europe and East Asia that have vowed to become carbon neutral.Trade Review‘No matter whether from the perspective of emissions and from that of carbon neutrality, the climate and energy law and policy in the EU and East Asia is vital for global climate governance. The book examines comprehensively and insightfully climate law, energy law, and transition and cooperation respectively in EU and East Asia, which provides a solid foundation and important conclusions for comparing laws and practices in different jurisdictions.’ -- Tianbao Qin, Wuhan University, China‘Prof. Stefan Weishaar and colleagues made a superb analysis of multiple aspects of climate and energy law and policy in the EU and East Asia, including the challenges of transition and the possibilities of cooperation! A must read!’ -- Kurt Deketelaere, KU Leuven, Belgium and University of Helsinki, FinlandTable of ContentsContents: 1 Climate and energy law and policy in the EU and East Asia 1 Stefan E. Weishaar and Eunjung Kim PART I CLIMATE CHANGE PERSPECTIVES 2 South Korean green growth and climate change policies 13 Eiji Sawada 3 China’s climate change governance: a perspective from the development of carbon emission trading systems 31 Bingyu Liu 4 Three decades of learning-by-doing: the evolving climate change mitigation policy of the European Union 47 Kati Kulovesi and Harro van Asselt PART II ENERGY PERSPECTIVES 5 China’s energy policy: towards energy transition 70 Xiaoping Zhang 6 A decade of EU energy policy 103 Claudia Kettner and Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig 7 The Dutch and German coal exit: an impact analysis of policymaking 131 Sami Madani PART III TRANSITION AND COOPERATION 8 Green deal transition and cooperation 154 Stefan E. Weishaar 9 Linking ETS in China, Japan and South Korea: process, alignments and future management 181 Joseph Dellatte and Sven Rudolph Index
£85.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Multilateral Compliance Mechanisms in EU
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This book is situated at the fascinating and insufficiently explored interface between EU and international environmental law. More specifically, in light of the EU’s legal framework, it considers how the EU may or may not use compliance mechanisms established by international agreements to further its environmental objectives. Rich in examples, context and doctrinal analysis, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between EU and public international law.’ -- Joanne Scott, European University Institute‘Through the lens of compliance mechanisms, this topical book thoroughly analyses the tension between the EU’s brief to internationalise its environmental action and the boundaries set by EU law itself. It offers an original perspective on how the EU needs to find ways to square international environmental action and its claim to autonomy.’ -- Ramses A. Wessel, University of Groningen, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Setting the scene: rising tensions in the EU’s external environmental action 2. Global environmental pressures, the EU and effective environmental treaties 3. Compliance mechanisms and their contribution to effective environmental treaties 4. Establishing compliance mechanisms and working with EU law boundaries 5. Participating in compliance mechanisms and relying on EU law principles 6. Deciding under compliance mechanisms and making it matter for EU law 7. Final reflections and conclusions: multilateral compliance mechanisms as part of EU environmental law Annex: The EU’s environmental treaties with compliance mechanisms Bibliography Index
£122.40
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Law Governance and Planetary
Book SynopsisTrade Review'The planetary boundaries concept provides an ideal framework for connecting science with law at the global level. This book explores this connection in great detail, from our undeniable need for limits and the fundamental concepts of ethics, justice and governance to the comprehensive assessment of the legal implications of each of the individual boundaries.' -- - Will Steffen, The Australian National University'Co-edited by Duncan French and Louis Kotz - two of the foremost scholars in the field of environmental law in the era of the Anthropocene - this Research Handbook is the first comprehensive attempt to investigate, from a legal perspective, the human dimensions of scientific concepts of planetary boundaries. The book brings together a fascinating series of contributions from some of the leading legal thinkers in the field. At a time when raging fires and other ''unprecedented'' environmental disasters are providing increasing evidence of the consequences of failing to respect planetary limits, this book is a timely and important reminder of the contribution that can be made by law in ensuring that humanity and our environment remain within the planet's ''safe operating space''.' -- -- Jacqueline Peel, University of Melbourne, Australia'If international environmental law is to stay relevant in the face of overwhelming evidence of its inability to address the galloping environmental harms humanity is witnessing, it needs to embrace a fundamental reset of its premises, conceptual pillars, and governance models. Such a reset requires imagination -- imagination that is outrageous in its ambition and fuelled by outrage. This Research Handbook, edited by two of the finest international environmental law scholars of our time, Duncan French and Louis Kotz, is a work of such outrageous imagination. It challenges legal boundaries in its quest to protect planetary ones, and in so doing takes us closer to law and governance fit for environmental purpose.' -- - Lavanya Rajamani, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xi Preface xii 1 Staying within the planet’s ‘safe operating space’? Law and the planetary boundaries 1 Louis J. Kotzé and Duncan French PART I LEGAL, ETHICAL AND GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF THE PLANETARY BOUNDARIES 2 Exploring the planetary boundaries and environmental law: historical development, interactions and synergies 21 Alice Bleby, Cameron Holley and Ben Milligan 3 Governing the complexity of planetary boundaries: a state-of-the-art analysis of social science scholarship 45 Rakhyun E. Kim and Louis J. Kotzé 4 Planetary boundaries, planetary ethics and climate justice in the Anthropocene 65 Sam Adelman 5 Science, law and planetary uncertainty 84 Lynda Collins 6 Planetary boundaries intra muros : cities and the Anthropocene 103 Helmut Philipp Aust and Janne E. Nijman PART II INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE PLANETARY BOUNDARIES 7 Planetary boundaries and regime interaction in international law 125 Dario Piselli and Harro van Asselt 8 Changing role of law-making in responding to planetary boundaries? 147 Giovanna M. Frisso and Elizabeth A. Kirk 9 International law, planetary boundaries and teleconnections 167 Ellen Hey 10 Compliance with planetary boundaries in international law 183 Jonas Ebbesson 11 Exploring the planetary boundaries’ wasteland: international law and the advent of the Molysmocene 203 Michael Hennessy Picard and Olivier Barsalou PART III PLANETARY BOUNDARIES AND THE LAW 12 Loss of biosphere integrity (biodiversity loss and extinctions) 221 Han Somsen and Arie Trouwborst 13 Climate change 245 Jonathan Verschuuren 14 Stratospheric ozone depletion 260 Louise du Toit 15 Atmospheric aerosol loading 277 Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli and Emily Webster 16 Ocean acidification 294 Tim Stephens 17 Nitrogen and phosphorus flows to the biosphere and oceans 309 Daniela Diz 18 Freshwater consumption and the global hydrological cycle 324 Nathan John Cooper 19 Land system change 342 Karen Morrow 20 Chemical pollution (and the release of novel entities) 363 Tiina Paloniitty, Chukwukpee Nzegwu and Duncan French Index
£41.75
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Future of Animal Law
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This impressive book brings together and adds to the unique, creative, and thoughtful legal possibilities David Favre has posited for achieving meaningful improvements in the lives of animals. Built on a carefully argued ethical framework and focussing on companion animals - especially dogs - as a means of emotional and political engagement - Favre addresses a significant gap in much animal law scholarship. He is able to shift from a diagnosis of shortcomings in the law affecting animals to a rich account of a host of legal reforms - both modest and significant - which might be pursued. The book is highly readable, clear-sighted, and ultimately optimistic about the prospects of legal change for the betterment of the animals with which we share our lives and the planet.‘Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to The Future of Animal Law : it’s a dog’s world 2. The arc of history: anti-cruelty, animal welfare, and animal rights 3. The modification of property law 4. The ethical framework for legal rights 5. Green shoots in law for companion animals 6. Animals in international law 7. Sovereign power and constitutional law in developing animal law 8. New legislation for the animals 9. Animal action in the courts 10. Private actions concerning ownership of animals 11. Final thoughts on the future of animal law Index
£28.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Teaching and Learning in Environmental Law
Book SynopsisTrade Review'Teaching and Learning in Environmental Law is a landmark contribution to environmental law scholarship as the first book to be devoted entirely to different teaching methodologies for environmental law. The editors and authors are leading names and recognized professors of environmental law. This book will quickly become an essential resource for environmental law scholars in all parts of the world and from all legal systems engaged in the teaching of environmental law.' -- Nilüfer Oral, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Member of the UN International Law Commission'This book represents a real breakthrough. It is the first to explore in depth how to overcome the daunting challenges of teaching environmental law. The field's rapid growth during the last half century has made it more important than ever, but also more difficult, to understand how law seeks to combat environmental problems. The book examines a rich variety of approaches to teaching environmental law through the experienced eyes of a multinational group of outstanding teachers and scholars. It offers fresh insights that will be of great value no matter how long one has been teaching in this field.' -- Robert Percival, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, US'Teaching and Learning in Environmental Law is a highly recommended book for all teachers of environmental law around the world. This edited collection contains carefully curated articles showing a wide range of teaching methodologies that could be applied in differing contexts. Considering the many challenges that frequently arise in teaching environmental law, this book reveals fresh perspectives and inspiring accounts which were gained from experience by the different contributors in the book. The book provides a compilation of narratives and lessons from tried-and-tested learning approaches that takes one inside and beyond the four walls of the classroom.For most teachers, competence in teaching is often honed by experience. This book, therefore, allows one to embark on a journey of self-reflection as one sifts through the information shared by each contributor. In the end, one emerges hopeful, inspired and ready to take on the challenges of teaching environmental law in a complex, fast-changing world. Indeed, many teachers of environmental law will greatly benefit from the treasure trove of teaching materials found in this book.Environmental law has become a widely recognized discipline in legal education today. It is, thus, vital for teachers of environmental law to teach and learn how to be effective teachers in environmental law. The Teaching and Learning in Environmental Law book can be an essential part of the teaching arsenal of every teacher of environmental law.' -- Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio, University of Cebu School of Law, Philippines'In all modern societies, the protection of the environment lies mainly in the hands of public authorities, which grant permits, plan and realise infrastructure projects, fight - or do not fight - pollution, and deal with resource issues. This means that a great number of those who study environmental law will later occupy posts in transport, energy, local administrations or in economy. It is vital that they understand ecological concerns, environmental impairment and the need to integrate environmental issues into their day-to-day decisions.This book offers a wealth of new ideas for how to teach environmental law in a way that reaches the mind and at the same time the heart of students. The examples stem mainly from Anglo-Saxon countries, but offer enough flexible ways of teaching that they are of use to environmental teachers all over the world. And the examples are not limited to environmental law teaching and learning: indeed, as the protection of our planet is of general vital interest, any teacher may usefully adapt his teaching methods to examples that are given in the book, whether he teaches at a high school, a primary school, a university or in vocational courses. The whole book centers around the question of how to bring the message of the necessity to conserve this planet into the minds and hearts of the students.A very welcome and necessary book, which deserves - and needs! - many readers and is indispensable for any teacher of environmental policy, law, economy, or science.' -- Ludwig Krämer, Derecho y Medio Ambiente S.L., Spain
£36.05
Edward Elgar Publishing A Research Agenda for Law Finance and the Environment
£115.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Future of Environmental Law
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘What is the future of environmental law? You might find answers, and at least insightful hints, from this wonderful literature. This book examines, based on analysis of previous experiences of environmental law, the possible challenges and innovative development of environmental law at international, regional and national levels. I believe the book could provide valuable insights to decision-makers and academia.’ -- Tianbao Qin, Wuhan University, China‘This important collection shows how environmental law has made many advances over the past decades, but that it does not adequately protect the planet yet. A wide range of excellent contributions covering many topics show a way forward towards more effective environmental law.’ -- Jonathan Verschuuren, Tilburg Law School, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to The Future of Environmental Law 1 Kars J. de Graaf and Stefan E. Weishaar PART I THE PROFOUND ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 2 Governing the ocean in the Anthropocene era: area-based management as a tool to promote the socialisation of the law of the sea 14 Vonintsoa Rafaly 3 An insufficient tool for sustainable development: limitations of systemic integration under Article 31(3)(c) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 30 Kazuki Hagiwara 4 The role of principles of international environmental law in greening the interpretation of human rights: the case of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 49 Megan Donald PART II LEGAL PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY 5 The legal dimension of sustainability 66 José Juan González Márquez 6 Sustainable management: political slogan or legal norm? 85 Trevor Daya-Winterbottom 7 In doubt when in favour of nature? Taking science seriously in the Anthropocene epoch 104 Mariana Coelho and Patryck Ayala 8 The principle of reparation: why the polluter-pays principle does not suffice and how to rebuild the law on environmental damage 121 Heloísa Oliveira PART III ENERGY 9 Renewables under the scrutiny of international investment law: the feed-in tariff 141 Monika Feigerlová 10 The proliferation of offshore renewable energy in European seas: the regulatory challenges of emerging technologies for EU environmental law 158 Nikolaos Giannopoulos 11 Environmental litigation before regional economic courts in Africa and Latin America 178 Sonja Kahl 12 The national green tribunal model to ensure environmental justice through collaboration 196 Masrur Salekin 13 People v Arctic Oil: Context, Judgment and Takeaways for Future Climate Litigation 215 Suryapratim Roy and Alexandru Gociu PART IV CASE STUDIES 14 A major future challenge for environmental law: salinization 236 Annalies Outhuijse, Tatia Brunings, and Ida Helene Groninga 15 Bringing nature back to agricultural land: bridging ambition and reality in agri-environmental governance 252 Edwin Alblas 16 Groundwater relevance for Brazilian semiarid development in the northeast: the need for protective environmental laws 271 Jose Irivaldo Alves Oliveira Silva Index
£115.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Transformation of Environmental Law and Gove
Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge book considers the functional inseparability of risk and innovation within the context of environmental law and governance. Analysing both âhardâ and âsoftâ innovation, the book argues that approaches to socio-ecological risk require innovation in order for society and the environment to become more resilient.Trade Review‘Sindico, Switzer and Qin's prescient volume brings answers to some of the most crucial questions in law, and indeed, in society today. In a comprehensive analysis spanning topics from food and agriculture, to climate change and energy, it demonstrates the importance of understanding the connections between socio-ecological risk, legal innovation and ecological and societal resilience. It should have a place on the bookshelf of all legal scholars.’ -- Elizabeth Kirk, University of Lincoln, UK‘In the face of ongoing and emerging environmental pressures, the foundations of environmental law are rapidly changing, with new actors and new forms of regulation challenging existing preconceptions of how environmental law works. This book offers a timely look into the forces of risk, innovation and resilience underpinning and reflecting these changes. Sindico, Switzer and Qin have successfully brought together a diverse cast of established and early career scholars to shed new light on the dynamic evolution of environmental law.’ -- Harro van Asselt, University of Eastern Finland‘Never has environmental law been more paradoxical; the need for it so obvious whilst its impact seemingly less notable. Society is grappling not only with a wide range of challenges, across multiple sectors but how it confronts them is also changing. As the contributors to this book reveal, searching for answers and new ways of doing things is essential, whilst underlining the continual challenges of human folly. This collection opens up the conversation, revealing new insights and explores some of the ongoing problems.’ -- Duncan French, University of Lincoln, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Risk, innovation and resilience: moving towards mutual supportiveness 2 Francesco Sindico, Stephanie Switzer and Qin Tianbao PART II INNOVATION 2 Fracking and environmental law for sustainability: an era of global ecological risks and the imperative of legal transformations 15 Patryck de Araújo Ayala and Mariana Carvalho Victor Coelho PART III RISK 3 Innovating societal response to radiation risk: insights from the Fukushima Safecast case 34 Anna Berti Suman 4 Drug pollution from manufacturing, antimicrobial resistance and the importation of pharmaceutical active ingredients from third countries. The European drug safety regime under scrutiny: key legal and institutional aspects, challenges and opportunities 51 Elodie Le Gal PART IV RESILIENCE 5 Evaluating community resilience in promoting ecological and social justice in groundwater governance: lessons from India 75 Stellina Jolly 6 Strengthening the role of traditional leaders for effective local community participation in environmental management in Malawi 93 Gift Dorothy Makanje PART V CLIMATE CHANGE 7 Integrating climate change into impact assessments: key design elements 112 Meinhard Doelle 8 ‘Innovation’ and the law in state reports on climate change action 130 He Xiangbai and Alexander Zahar 9 Climate change law and colonialism: the rights of nature and a hypothetical case for bison person in Canada 148 Laura S. Lynes PART VI ENERGY 10 Community renewable energy for sustainable development 168 Richard Ottinger, Tom Bourgeois, Robert Habermann and Achinthi Vithanage PART VII FRESHWATER 11 The construction of the Três Marias dam and the absence of public policies for the arrival of the waters in the municipality of Morada Nova de Minas in Brazil 190 Mônica Thaís Souza Ribeiro, Izabela Zanotelli Collares and Danuta R. N. de Souza Calazans PART VIII BIODIVERSITY AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND LAND, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 12 Blockchain technology for food security? Resilience potential and risk identification for the Multilateral System of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 207 Thomas Gils and Christine Frison 13 Synthetic biology and international environmental law: time to move from definition to regulation 226 David Leary PART IX OCEANS 14 Climate proofing ocean governance: a journey through unchartered waters 245 Simone Borg PART X HUMAN RIGHTS 15 A new frontier in human rights law: the proposed third international covenant on the right of human beings to the environment 266 Michel Prieur and Mohamed Ali Mekouar PART XI LITIGATION 16 Resilience and access to climate justice 285 Morgan Eleanor Harris Index
£34.15
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Commentary on the Energy Charter Treaty
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents: INTRODUCTION 1 Rafael Leal-Arcas, Alanoud Alkhorayef, Moudhi Al Shehail and Loloah Al Sheikh AN ENERGY CHARTER TREATY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 4 1. Criticisms of the Energy Charter Treaty 4 Restriction on the governments’ ability to regulate or restrict the use of fossil fuels 5 Environmental concerns 5 Sovereignty concerns 6 Transparency 6 The ECT is outdated 7 2. The modernization process 7 Investment protection 8 Trade 9 Transit 10 Energy efficiency 11 3. Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism 11 CONCLUSION 14 STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK 16 PREAMBLE 17 Antonio Morelli COMMENTARY 18 PART I DEFINITION AND PURPOSE ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS 24 Dylan Geraets and Leonie Reins COMMENTARY 26 Introduction 26 A. Part I: Definitions and purpose 27 ARTICLE 2 PURPOSE OF THE TREATY 59 Leonie Reins COMMENTARY 59 A. ‘In accordance with the objectives and principles of the Charter’ 60 B. ‘Complementarities and mutual benefits’ 64 C. ‘Long-term cooperation in the energy field’ 64 D. ‘A legal framework’ 66 E. Modernisation of the ECT PART II COMMERCE ARTICLE 3 INTERNATIONAL MARKETS 70 Lisa M. Richman COMMENTARY 70 A. Introduction 70 B. ‘An open and competitive market’ 71 C. ‘Energy Materials and Products and Energy-Related Equipment’ 72 ARTICLE 4 NON-DEROGATION FROM WTO AGREEMENT 75 Lisa M. Richman COMMENTARY 75 A. Introduction 75 B. The non-derogating provision 77 ARTICLE 5 TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES 82 Lisa M. Richman COMMENTARY 84 A. Introduction 84 B. Trade-related investment measures: basic elements and the WTO approach 85 C. Article 5 on TRIMs, a provision-by-provision analysis 87 D. The Australian Declaration: exceptions and jurisdictional issues 94 ARTICLE 6 COMPETITION 98 Aubin Nzaou-Kongo COMMENTARY 99 A. Introduction 99 B. The obligation of alleviation – Article 6(1) 101 C. Enforcement of competition provisions by the Contracting Parties – Article 6(2) 103 D. Obligation of cooperation between Contracting Parties and between national competition authorities – Article 6(3), (4) and (6) 104 E. Infringement, cooperation and dispute resolution – Article 6(5) and (7) 104 F. Conclusion 105 ARTICLE 7 TRANSIT 106 Cătălin Gabriel Stănescu COMMENTARY 108 ARTICLE 8 TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY 123 Aubin Nzaou-Kongo COMMENTARY 123 A. Introduction 123 B. Transfer of technology 125 C. Context of Article 8 126 D. Non-discriminatory access to and transfer of energy technologies 130 E. Removing barriers to technology transfer 136 F. Conclusions 139 ARTICLE 9 ACCESS TO CAPITAL 140 Aubin Nzaou-Kongo COMMENTARY 141 A. Introduction 141 B. Context of ECT Article 9 142 C. Promoting access to capital markets 149 D. Access to funds for trade or foreign investments 153 E. Implementation of economic programs in the energy industry Activity in the Energy Sector 153 F. Surviving prudential regulations: ‘Nothing in this Article shall prevent […]’ clause 154 G. Conclusions 155 PART III INVESTMENT PROMOTION AND PROTECTION ARTICLE 10 PROMOTION, PROTECTION AND TREATMENT OF INVESTMENTS 157 Diego Mej.a-Lemos COMMENTARY 159 A. Part III 162 B. Article 10 181 ARTICLE 11 KEY PERSONNEL 220 Diego Mej.a-Lemos COMMENTARY 220 ARTICLE 12 COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES 224 Diego Mej.a-Lemos COMMENTARY 224 ARTICLE 13 EXPROPRIATION 226 Diego Mej.a-Lemos COMMENTARY 227 ARTICLE 14 TRANSFERS RELATED TO INVESTMENTS 248 Francesco Montanaro and Tanya Shaar COMMENTARY 249 A. Introduction 249 B. The monetary transfer clause in the Energy Charter Treaty in light of the investment treaty practice 251 ARTICLE 15 SUBROGATION 256 Apurva Mudliar and Tanya Shaar COMMENTARY 256 ARTICLE 16 RELATION TO OTHER AGREEMENTS 259 Vishakha Joshi and Francesco Montanaro COMMENTARY 259 A. Introduction 259 B. Clauses governing conflicts with other treaties in the IIAs and in the ECT 261 C. Dispute governing the compatibility of ECT and other IITs with EU law 262 ARTICLE 17 NON-APPLICATION OF PART III IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES 264 Apurva Mudliar and Vishakha Joshi COMMENTARY 264 A. Introduction 264 B. Title: Non-application of Part III in certain circumstances 265 C. Application of Article 17(1) of the ECT 266 D. Denial of benefits to an investment under Article 17(2) 272 E. Conclusion 272 PART IV MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ARTICLE 18 SOVEREIGNTY OVER ENERGY RESOURCES 274 Contributions by Peter Vajda and Varvara Aleksić, and Tina Hunter COMMENTARY 274 COMMENTARY 276 ARTICLE 19 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS 283 Contributions by Peter Vajda and Varvara Aleksić, and Tina Hunter COMMENTARY 284 COMMENTARY 292 ARTICLE 20 TRANSPARENCY 294 Gloria Alvarez COMMENTARY 294 A. Structure and scope 294 B. Notion of transparency in the ECT 295 C. Transparency in ECT Secretariat Model Agreements 298 ARTICLE 21 TAXATION 299 Gloria Alvarez COMMENTARY 301 A. Introduction, structure and scope 301 B. Bona fide taxation measures according to the ECT 301 C. Structure and the general rule on Article 21 302 D. Exceptions to the General Rule on Article 21 303 E. Article 21 in practice and jurisdictional issues 306 ARTICLE 22 STATE AND PRIVILEGED ENTERPRISES 309 Contributions by Costantino Grasso and Tina Hunter COMMENTARY 309 COMMENTARY 320 ARTICLE 23 OBSERVANCE BY SUB-NATIONAL AUTHORITIES 322 Contributions by Costantino Grasso and Sara Almeshari COMMENTARY 322 COMMENTARY 327 ARTICLE 24 EXCEPTIONS 333 Contributions by Costantino Grasso and Gloria Alvarez COMMENTARY 334 COMMENTARY 340 ARTICLE 25 ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS 342 Contributions by Costantino Grasso and Gloria Alvarez COMMENTARY 342 COMMENTARY 346 PART V DISPUTE SETTLEMENT ARTICLE 26 SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES BETWEEN AN INVESTOR AND A CONTRACTING PARTY 349 Fernando Dias Sim.es COMMENTARY 351 A. Article 26(1) 351 B. Article 26(2) 355 C. Article 26(3) 356 D. Article 26(4) 360 E. Article 26(5) 362 F. Article 26(6) 363 G. Article 26(7) 365 H. Article 26(8) 366 ARTICLE 27 SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES BETWEEN CONTRACTING PARTIES 368 Crina Baltag COMMENTARY 369 ARTICLE 28 EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ECT FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES BETWEEN CONTRACTING PARTIES 378 Crina Baltag COMMENTARY 378 PART VI TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 29 INTERIM PROVISIONS ON TRADE-RELATED MATTERS 381 Max Baumgart COMMENTARY 383 A. Introduction 383 B. Temporal scope of application (para 1) 384 C. Incorporation of the WTO Agreement’s rights and obligations (para 2) 384 D. Full transparency obligation (para 3) 385 E. Best-endeavour commitment (paras 4 and 5) 386 F. Stand still clause (paras 6, 7 and 8) 386 G. Dispute settlement (para 9) 387 ARTICLE 30 DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS 388 Silke Goldberg, Naomi Lisney and Anne Eckenroth COMMENTARY 388 ARTICLE 31 ENERGY-RELATED EQUIPMENT 391 Silke Goldberg, Naomi Lisney and Anne Eckenroth COMMENTARY 391 ARTICLE 32 TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 393 Silke Goldberg, Naomi Lisney and Anne Eckenroth COMMENTARY 394 A. Review of the transitional arrangements 395 B. The AES Corporation and Tau Power B.V. v. Republic of Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/16) 396 COMMENTARY ON THE ENERGY CHARTER TREATY PART VII STRUCTURE AND INSTITUTIONS ARTICLE 33 ENERGY CHARTER PROTOCOLS AND DECLARATIONS 400 Silke Goldberg, Naomi Lisney and Anne Eckenroth COMMENTARY 401 A. The PEEREA 401 B. The Transit Protocol 404 ARTICLE 34 ENERGY CHARTER CONFERENCE 410 Cătălin Gabriel Stănescu COMMENTARY 412 A. Members and observers 412 B. Meetings of the Charter Conference 413 C. The powers and functions of the Charter Conference 413 D. Subsidiary bodies 424 E. Conclusions 426 ARTICLE 35 SECRETARIAT 427 Cătălin Gabriel Stănescu COMMENTARY 428 A. The staff of the Secretariat 428 B. The role and functions of the Secretariat 429 C. The appointment of the Secretary General 435 D. The Secretary General’s role in ECT’s Dispute Resolution Mechanisms 436 E. Conclusions 439 ARTICLE 36 VOTING 440 Cătălin Gabriel Stănescu COMMENTARY 441 A. Who can vote 441 B. Exercising the right to vote – voting by correspondence 442 C. Voting rules 443 D. Conclusions 445 ARTICLE 37 FUNDING PRINCIPLES 446 Cătălin Gabriel Stănescu COMMENTARY 446 A. Types of costs 446 B. Determination of financial contributions 447 C. Voluntary contributions 448 D. Conclusions 449 PART VIII FINAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 38 SIGNATURE 451 Odysseas G. Repousis COMMENTARY 451 A. Introduction 451 B. Scope 451 C. Eligibility and temporal issues 452 D. State practice 452 E. Succession cases 453 ARTICLE 39 RATIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE OR APPROVAL 454 Contributions by Odysseas G. Repousis and Dyuti Pandya COMMENTARY 454 A. Introduction 454 B. State practice 455 COMMENTARY 455 A. Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty: Article 39 455 ARTICLE 40 APPLICATION TO TERRITORIES 456 Contributions by Odysseas G. Repousis and Dyuti Pandya COMMENTARY 457 A. Introduction 457 B. Territories for the international relations of which a contracting party is responsible 457 C. Territorial declarations and the ECT ‘Area’ 458 D. Temporal issues 458 E. State practice 459 F. Territorial declarations and provisional application 460 COMMENTARY 469 A. Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty: Article 40 469 ARTICLE 41 ACCESSION 471 Contributions by Odysseas G. Repousis and Dyuti Pandya COMMENTARY 471 A. Introduction 471 B. Scope 472 C. State practice 472 COMMENTARY 472 A. Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty: Article 41 472 ARTICLE 42 AMENDMENTS 473 Antonio Morelli COMMENTARY 473 ARTICLE 43 ASSOCIATION AGREEMENTS 477 Antonio Morelli COMMENTARY 477 ARTICLE 44 ENTRY INTO FORCE 479 Antonio Morelli COMMENTARY 479 ARTICLE 45 PROVISIONAL APPLICATION 482 Antonio Morelli COMMENTARY 484 ARTICLE 46 RESERVATIONS 487 Antonio Morelli COMMENTARY 487 ARTICLE 47 WITHDRAWAL 489 Antonio Morelli COMMENTARY 489 ARTICLE 48 STATUS OF ANNEXES AND DECISIONS 494 Leonardo Borlini and Marina Petri COMMENTARY 494 A. Purpose and function 494 B. Relevance of the article 495 ARTICLE 49 DEPOSITARY 500 Leonardo Borlini and Marina Petri COMMENTARY 500 A. Purpose and function 500 B. Content of the article 501 ARTICLE 50 AUTHENTIC TEXTS 504 Leonardo Borlini and Marina Petri COMMENTARY 504 A. Purpose and function 504 B. Content and interpretative implications of the article 505 APPENDIX: GAS INFRASTRUCTURE IN EURASIA AND THE ROLE OF THE ENERGY CHARTER 507 Andrey A. Konoplyanik 1. Three Major Components of Transit Risk in the Cross-Border Gas Value Chain (Konoplyanik’s ‘Pyramid of Transit Risks’) 509 2. Soviet/Russian Gas Supplies to Europe: Transit Risks Upstream of Delivery Points 510 3. Soviet/Russian Gas Supplies to Europe: Transit Risks Downstream of Delivery Points 512 4. GATT/WTO vs. Energy Charter (ECT and Draft Transit Protocol) Framework 514 5. Different Purpose of Russia and the EU on Prospective Implementation of Energy Charter Transit Provisions (Why the Balanced Solution on Transit Was Not Reached) 516 6. Energy Charter: A Gradual Shift from an Instrument of Trans-Atlantic Europe Towards a Eurasian Instrument Beyond the EU? 519 7. The Fight Against ‘Energy Poverty’ as the Main Consolidating Vehicle in Eurasia – A Trigger of ECT Re-Emergence in This Region? 522 Index 523
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change Law
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Environmental Analysis Laboratory Handbook
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface xxi Acknowledgement xxiii Table of Abbreviations xxv Table of Symbols xxvii List of Figures xxix List of Tables xxxiii List of Chemicals and Respective Molecular Weight xxxv 1 Air, Water and Soil: An Environmental Perspective 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Air 2 1.2.1 Composition of Air 2 1.2.2 Air Pollution 3 1.2.3 Air Pollutants 3 1.2.4 Adverse Effect of Contaminants 5 1.3 Water 6 1.3.1 Properties of Water Molecule 6 1.3.2 Global Significance of Water 8 1.3.3 Environmental Monitoring 9 1.3.4 Water Quality Assessment in Recycling 10 1.3.5 Wastewater Treatment Plant 10 1.3.6 Working of Sewage Treatment Plant 11 1.4 Soil 12 1.4.1 Importance of Soil 13 1.4.2 Types of Soil 13 1.4.3 Soil Pollution 14 1.4.4 Types of Soil Pollution 14 1.4.5 Anthropogenic Activities 15 1.4.6 Health Effects 16 1.4.7 Ecosystem Effects 16 1.4.8 Methods to Reduce Soil Pollution 17 References 18 2 Determination of Physical Properties of Environmental Samples 21 2.1 Introduction 21 2.2 Determination of Specific Gravity or Density in the Given Water Sample 22 2.2.1 Principle 22 2.2.2 Material Required 25 2.2.3 Procedure for Specific Gravity Measurements Using Pycnometer/Volumetric Flask 26 2.2.4 Observation Table 26 2.2.4.1 Measurement of Specific Gravity of Water Sample 26 2.2.4.2 Readings of Pycnometer 26 2.2.5 Calculations 27 2.2.6 Results 27 2.2.7 Notes 27 2.3 Determination of Turbidity of Given Water Sample 28 2.3.1 Principle 28 2.3.2 Nephelometric Method 28 2.3.3 Material Required 29 2.3.4 Procedure 30 2.3.5 Standard Curve 30 2.3.6 Calculation 31 2.3.7 Note 31 2.4 Determination of Total Suspended Solids 31 2.4.1 Principle 31 2.4.2 Material Required 32 2.4.3 Procedure 32 2.4.4 Observation 33 2.4.5 Observation Table 33 2.4.6 Calculation 34 2.4.7 Results 34 2.4.8 Notes 34 2.5 Determination of Total Dissolved Solids 34 2.5.1 Principle 34 2.5.2 Material Required 35 2.5.3 Procedure 36 2.5.4 Observations Table 36 2.5.5 Calculation 36 2.5.6 Result 36 2.5.7 Notes 37 2.6 Determination of the Moisture Content of Soil 37 2.6.1 Principle 37 2.6.2 Material Required 37 2.6.3 Procedure 38 2.6.4 Observation 38 2.6.5 Calculations 38 2.6.6 Result 38 2.7 Determination of pH Using Universal Indicator 39 2.7.1 Principle 39 2.7.2 pH of Natural Water Bodies 40 2.7.3 Effects of pH Variation on Aquatic Life 40 2.7.4 Universal Indicator 40 2.7.5 Dyes 40 2.7.5.1 Methyl Orange 40 2.7.5.2 Methyl Red 41 2.7.5.3 Bromothymol Blue 41 2.7.5.4 Phenolphthalein 42 2.7.6 Material Required 43 2.7.7 Reagents Preparations 43 2.7.8 Procedure 43 2.7.9 Observations 43 2.7.10 Results 44 2.7.11 Notes 44 2.8 pH Determination by Using pH Meter 45 2.8.1 Principle 45 2.8.2 Material Required 47 2.8.3 Reagent Preparation 47 2.8.4 Procedures 48 2.8.5 Result 48 2.8.6 Notes 48 2.9 pH Determination of Soil 48 2.9.1 Principle 48 2.9.2 Materials Required 49 2.9.3 Procedure 49 2.9.4 Observation 50 2.9.5 Results 50 2.10 Determination of pH of Soil by Using pH Meter 50 2.10.1 Principle 50 2.10.2 Material Required 50 2.10.3 Procedure 50 2.10.4 Result 51 2.11 Determination of pH of Soil by Using Universal Indicator 51 2.11.1 Principle 51 2.11.2 Reagent Preparation 51 2.11.3 Procedure 52 2.11.4 Observation Table 52 2.12 Determination of Conductivity of Water 53 2.12.1 Principle 53 2.12.2 Calibration of the Instrument 54 2.12.3 Reagent Preparation 54 2.12.4 Steps to be Followed for Calibration 54 2.12.5 Notes 55 References 55 3 Analysis of Organic Matter in Environmental Samples 61 3.1 Introduction 61 3.2 Determination of the Organic Content in Soil 62 3.2.1 Principle 62 3.2.2 Material Required 63 3.2.3 Reagent Preparation 63 3.2.4 Procedure 63 3.2.5 Observation Table 64 3.2.6 Calculations 64 3.2.7 Notes 65 3.3 Determination of Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) of Soil 65 3.3.1 Principle 65 3.3.2 Importance of CEC 66 3.3.3 Material Required 66 3.3.4 Reagent Preparation 66 3.3.5 Procedure 66 3.3.6 Calculations 67 3.3.7 Note 67 3.4 Rapid Method for the Determination of Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) of Soil 68 3.4.1 Material Required 68 3.4.2 Reagent Preparation 68 3.4.3 Procedure 68 3.4.4 Calculations 69 3.4.5 Notes 69 3.5 Determination of Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) by Winkler’s Method 69 3.5.1 Principle 69 3.5.2 Material Required 71 3.5.3 Reagents Preparation 71 3.5.4 Procedure 71 3.5.5 Observation Table 72 3.5.5.1 Dissolved Oxygen Initial or DO 0 72 3.5.5.2 Dissolved Oxygen After 5 Days or DO 5 72 3.5.6 Calculation 73 3.5.7 Result 73 3.5.8 Notes 73 3.6 Determination of Biological Oxygen Demand by Dilution/Seeding Method 74 3.6.1 Material Required 74 3.6.2 Reagent Preparation 75 3.6.3 Sample Preparation 76 3.6.4 Procedure 76 3.6.5 Observations 77 3.6.6 Observations Table 78 3.6.6.1 Dissolved Oxygen Initial or DO 0 78 3.6.6.2 Dissolved Oxygen After 5 Days or DO 5 78 3.6.7 Calculations 78 3.6.8 Result 79 3.6.9 Note 79 3.7 Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand by Potassium Permanganate Method 79 3.7.1 Principle 79 3.7.2 Material Required 80 3.7.3 Reagent Preparation 80 3.7.4 Procedure 81 3.7.5 Observation Table 81 3.7.6 Calculations 81 3.7.7 Result 82 3.7.8 Notes 82 3.8 Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand for Sewage Waste (Samples that do not contain Chloride, Nitrate, Aliphatic and Aromatic Compounds) 82 3.8.1 Principle 82 3.8.2 Material Required 82 3.8.3 Reagent Preparation 82 3.8.4 Procedure 83 3.8.5 Observation Table 83 3.8.6 Calculations 83 3.8.7 Result 84 3.8.8 Notes 84 3.9 Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand for Toxic Organic Waste Sample That Contains Chloride, Nitrate, Aliphatic and Aromatic Compounds 84 3.9.1 Principle 84 3.9.2 Material Required 84 3.9.3 Procedure 85 3.9.4 Observation 85 3.9.5 Observations Table 86 3.9.6 Calculations 86 3.9.7 Result 86 3.9.8 Note 86 References 86 4 Spectrophotometric and Titrimetric Methods for Determination of Anions 91 4.1 Introduction 91 4.2 Determination of Sulphate Content for the Given Water Samples 92 4.2.1 Principle 92 4.2.2 Acid Rain 93 4.2.3 Problems Caused by Sulphur 93 4.2.4 Spectrophotometric Method 93 4.2.5 Material Required 94 4.2.6 Reagent Preparation 94 4.2.7 Procedure 95 4.2.8 Observation Table 95 4.2.9 Results 96 4.2.10 Notes 96 4.3 Determination of Phosphate Content in Environmental Samples 96 4.3.1 Importance of Phosphate 96 4.3.2 Eutrophication 97 4.3.3 Principle 98 4.3.4 Material Required 98 4.3.5 Reagent Preparation 98 4.3.6 Procedure 99 4.3.7 Procedure Estimation of Phosphate in Soil 99 4.3.8 Observation Table 99 4.3.9 Note 100 4.4 Estimation of Nitrite and Nitrate in Water by Spectrophotometric Method 100 4.4.1 Principle 100 4.4.2 Materials Required 102 4.4.3 Reagent Preparation 102 4.4.4 Procedure 102 4.4.5 Estimation Nitrite and Nitrate in Soil Sample 103 4.4.6 Calculations 103 4.4.7 Observation Table 104 4.4.8 Notes 105 4.5 Determination of Chloride Content in Water by Mohr’s Method 105 4.5.1 Principle 105 4.5.2 Mohr’s Method 106 4.5.3 Importance 106 4.5.4 Material Required 106 4.5.5 Procedure 107 4.5.6 Observation Table 107 4.5.7 Calculation 107 4.5.8 Result 108 4.6 Determination of Chloride Content in Water by Volhard’s Method 108 4.6.1 Principle 108 4.6.2 Material Required 109 4.6.3 Reagent Preparation 109 4.6.4 Procedure 109 4.6.5 Observation Table 109 4.6.6 Calculation 109 4.6.7 Result 110 4.6.8 Note 110 4.7 Determination of Fluoride Content in Water 110 4.7.1 Principle 110 4.7.2 Material Required 112 4.7.3 Reagent Preparation 112 4.7.4 Procedure 112 4.7.5 For Resorcin Blue Method: Preparation of Fluoride Working Standards 113 4.7.6 Note 113 4.8 Determination of Fluoride Content in Water Using Azurol B and Malachite Green 114 4.8.1 Principle 114 4.8.2 Material Required 114 4.8.3 Reagent Preparation 115 4.8.4 Procedure 115 4.8.5 For Malachite Green Method, Preparation of Fluoride Working Standards 116 4.8.6 For Azurol B Method, Preparation of Fluoride Working Standards 117 4.9 Determination of Cyanide (Cyanide Anion) by Spectrophotometric Method 117 4.9.1 Principle 117 4.9.2 Cyanide Toxicity 118 4.9.3 Material Required 119 4.9.4 Reagent Preparations 119 4.9.5 Procedure 120 4.9.6 Calculation 120 4.9.7 Single Reagent Method 120 4.9.8 Observation Table 121 4.9.9 Notes 121 References 122 5 Determination of Air Pollutants Using Titrimetric and Spectrophotometric Methods 129 5.1 Introduction 129 5.2 Determination of Particulate Matter in Air 131 5.2.1 Principle 131 5.2.2 Material Required 132 5.2.3 Procedure 132 5.2.4 Calculations 133 5.2.5 Result 133 5.3 Determination of Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) in Air 133 5.3.1 Principle 133 5.3.2 Material Required 134 5.3.3 Reagent Preparation 134 5.3.4 Procedure 135 5.3.5 Calibration Curve 135 5.3.6 Calculation 136 5.3.7 Notes 136 5.4 Determination of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) in Air 137 5.4.1 Principle 137 5.4.2 Material Required 138 5.4.3 Reagent Preparation 138 5.4.4 Procedure 138 5.4.5 For Estimation of NO2 in Air 138 5.4.6 Calculation 139 5.4.7 Results 139 5.5 Determination of Ozone Content in Air 139 5.5.1 Principle 139 5.5.2 Material Required 141 5.5.3 Reagent Preparation 141 5.5.4 Procedure 141 5.5.5 Calculations 142 5.5.6 Notes 142 5.6 Determination of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in Atmosphere 142 5.6.1 Principle 142 5.6.2 Material Required 144 5.6.3 Protocol 144 5.6.4 Calculation 144 5.6.5 Note 145 5.7 Determination of Air Quality Using Chlorophyll as Biomarker 145 5.7.1 Principle 145 5.7.2 Material Required 145 5.7.3 Procedure 146 5.7.4 Calculations 147 5.7.5 Result 147 References 147 6 Spectrophotometric Methods for Determination of Heavy Metals 151 6.1 Introduction 151 6.2 Arsenic Determination by Using Variamine Blue 153 6.2.1 Toxicity of Arsenic 153 6.2.2 Principle 155 6.2.3 Material Required 155 6.2.4 Procedure 155 6.2.5 Determination of Arsenic in Soil 156 6.2.6 Standard Preparation 157 6.2.7 Notes 159 6.3 Arsenic Determination by Using Rhodamine-B 159 6.3.1 Principle 159 6.3.2 Material Required 160 6.3.3 Procedure 160 6.3.4 Standard Preparation 161 6.3.5 Notes 161 6.4 Chromium (VI) Determination by Using 1,5-diphenylcarbazide 162 6.4.1 Mechanism of Chromium Toxicity 162 6.4.2 Principle 162 6.4.3 Material Required 162 6.4.4 Reagent Preparation 163 6.4.5 Procedure 163 6.4.6 Standard Preparation 163 6.4.7 Notes 164 6.5 Lead (II) Determination by 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole (DMTD) 164 6.5.1 Application of Lead 164 6.5.2 Lead Toxicity 165 6.5.3 Principle 165 6.5.4 Material Required 165 6.5.5 Reagent Preparation 165 6.5.6 Procedure 166 6.5.7 Standard Preparation 166 6.5.8 Notes 167 6.6 Lead (II) Determination by using 5-Bromo-2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde-p-hydroxybenzoic hydrazine (BHMBHBH) 167 6.6.1 Principle 167 6.6.2 Material Required 168 6.6.3 Reagent Preparation 168 6.6.4 Procedure 168 6.6.5 Standard Preparation 169 6.6.6 Notes 169 6.7 Mercury (II) Determination by using 2-Acetylpyridine Thiosemicarbazone (APT) 170 6.7.1 Mercury Toxicity 170 6.7.2 Mechanism of Toxicity 170 6.7.3 Material Required 171 6.7.4 Reagent Preparation 172 6.7.5 Sample Preparation 172 6.7.6 Procedure 172 6.7.7 Estimation of Mercury in Soil 173 6.7.8 Standard Preparation 173 6.7.9 Notes 174 6.8 Mercury (II) Determination by Using Diphenyl Thiocarbazone 174 6.8.1 Principle 174 6.8.2 Material Required 174 6.8.3 Reagent Preparation 175 6.8.4 Sample Preparation 175 6.8.5 Procedure 175 6.8.6 Determination of Mercury in Soil 175 6.8.7 Standard Preparation 176 6.8.8 Notes 177 6.9 Nickel (II) Determination by Using (E)-N1-(2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzylidene) Isonicotinoyl Hydrazone (HNBISNH) and 2-(4-fluoro benzylideneamino) Benzene Thiol (FBBT) 177 6.9.1 Principle 177 6.9.2 Importance of Nickel 177 6.9.3 Material Required 178 6.9.4 Reagent Preparation 178 6.9.5 Procedure 179 6.9.6 Determination of Nickel in Soil 180 6.9.7 Standard Preparation 180 6.9.8 Notes 180 6.10 Cadmium Determination by Using 1, 2-Dihydroxy Anthraquinone-3-Sulphonic Acid, Sodium Salt (Alizarin red S) 181 6.10.1 Principle and Importance 181 6.10.2 Material Required 182 6.10.3 Reagent Preparation 182 6.10.4 Procedure 183 6.10.5 Determination of Cadmium in Soil 183 6.10.6 Calibration Curve in the Range of 1 μg/ml to 40 μg/ml 184 6.10.7 Notes 184 6.11 Cadmium Determination by Using 5,7–Dibromo-8-Hydroxyquinoline (DBHQ) 185 6.11.1 Principle 185 6.11.2 Material Required 185 6.11.3 Reagent Preparation 186 6.11.4 Procedure 186 6.11.5 Determination of Cadmium in Soil 186 6.11.6 Standard Preparation 187 6.11.7 Notes 188 6.12 Copper Determination by Using Thio Mishler’s Ketone (TMK) 188 6.12.1 Principle 188 6.12.2 Material Required 189 6.12.3 Reagent Preparation 189 6.12.4 Procedure 190 6.12.5 Standard Preparation 191 6.12.6 Notes 192 6.13 Selenium Determination by Using Azure B and Thionin 192 6.13.1 Importance of Selenium 192 6.13.2 Toxicity of Selenium 192 6.13.3 Principle 193 6.13.4 Material Required 193 6.13.5 Reagent Preparation 194 6.13.6 Sample Preparation 194 6.13.7 Procedure 194 6.13.8 Estimation of Selenium in Soil 195 6.13.9 Standard Preparation for Azure B Method 195 6.13.10 Standard Preparation for Thionin B Method 196 6.13.11 Notes 196 6.14 Zinc Determination by Using 5, 7–Dibromo-8-ydroxyquinoline (DBHQ) 197 6.14.1 Importance of Zinc 197 6.14.2 Zinc Toxicity 197 6.14.3 Principle 197 6.14.4 Material Required 198 6.14.5 Reagent Preparation 198 6.14.6 Sample Preparation 198 6.14.7 Procedure 199 6.14.8 Standard Preparation 199 6.14.9 Notes 200 6.15 Iron Determination 200 6.15.1 Principle 200 6.15.2 Reagent Preparation 201 6.15.3 Procedure 202 6.15.4 Estimation of Iron in Water 202 6.15.5 Standard Preparation 203 6.15.6 Notes 204 References 204 7 Determination of Carbonates in Environmental Samples 213 7.1 Introduction 213 7.2 Determination of the Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) Content of Soil 214 7.2.1 Principle 214 7.2.2 Material Required 214 7.2.3 Reagent Preparation 214 7.2.4 Procedure 215 7.2.5 Observation Table 215 7.2.6 Calculations 216 7.2.7 Result 216 7.2.8 Notes 216 7.3 Determination of the Hardness of Water 216 7.3.1 Principle 216 7.3.2 Some Strategies to “Soften” Hard Water 217 7.3.3 Materials Required 219 7.3.4 Reagent Preparation 219 7.3.5 Procedure 220 7.3.6 Observation Table 220 7.3.7 Calculation 221 7.3.8 Result 221 7.4 Determination of Acidity and Total Acidity of Effluent Sample by Titrimetric Method 221 7.4.1 Principle 221 7.4.2 Material Required 222 7.4.3 Reagent Preparation 222 7.4.4 Procedure 222 7.4.5 Observation Table 223 7.4.6 Calculation 223 7.4.7 Result 224 7.5 Determination of Alkalinity and Total Alkalinity of Effluent Sample by Titrimetric Method 224 7.5.1 Principle 224 7.5.2 Material Required 224 7.5.3 Reagent Preparation 224 7.5.4 Procedure 225 7.5.5 Observation Table 225 7.5.6 Calculation 226 7.5.7 Result 226 References 226 8 Microbial Examination of Potable Water 229 8.1 Introduction 229 8.2 Microbial Estimation in Water by Filter Disc Method 232 8.2.1 Principle 232 8.2.2 Material Required 232 8.2.3 Reagent Preparation 232 8.2.4 Procedure 232 8.2.5 Result 233 8.2.6 Notes 233 8.3 Microbial Examination by Gram Staining 233 8.3.1 Principle 233 8.3.2 Material Required 234 8.3.3 Procedure 234 8.3.4 Result 235 8.3.5 Note 235 8.4 MPN (Most Probable Number) Method for Assessment of Water Quality 235 8.4.1 Principle 235 8.4.2 Presumptive Test 236 8.4.2.1 Media Preparation (For Testing Single Water Sample) 236 8.4.2.2 Procedure 237 8.4.2.3 Alternative Media (For Testing Single Water Sample) 237 8.4.2.4 Procedure 238 8.4.2.5 Observation Table for Presumptive Test 240 8.4.2.6 Results 245 8.4.2.7 Note 245 8.4.3 Confirmed Test 245 8.4.3.1 Media Preparation for Confirmed Test 245 8.4.3.2 Procedure 245 8.4.3.3 Result 246 8.4.4 Completed Test 246 8.4.4.1 Media Preparation for Completed Test 246 8.4.4.2 Procedure 246 8.4.4.3 Results 247 References 247 Appendix I 251 Appendix II 253 Appendix III 255 Index 257
£161.06
Bristol University Press Legal Perspectives on Sustainability
Book SynopsisThis important volume steps beyond conventional legal approaches to sustainability to provide fresh insights into perhaps one of the most critical global challenges of our time. Offering analysis of sustainability at land and sea alongside trade, labour and corporate governance perspectives, this book articulates important debates about the role of law. From impacts on local societies to domestic sustainable development policies and major international goals, it considers multiple jurisdictional levels. With original, interdisciplinary research from experts in their legal fields, this is a rounded assessment of the complex interplay of law and sustainability—both as it is now and as it should be in the future.Trade Review“Sustainability, though ubiquitous in modern discourse, remains contested in theory and praxis. This collection offers insightful coverage of challenges in operationalising sustainability in principle and in key areas of law.” * Karen Morrow, Swansea University *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART 1: SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH HISTORY Sustainability and Law: An historical and theoretical overview ~ Margherita Pieraccini and Tonia Novitz Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals: ‘responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making’? ~ Tonia Novitz and Margherita Pieraccini PART 2: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Accounting for Climate Change: Rethinking the chaotic corporate reporting landscape and its purpose with the UK’s failure as a case study ~ Charlotte Villiers and Georgina Tsagas Sustainable Corporate Governance: trimming or sowing? ~ Nina Boeger PART 3: TRADE The International Trade Regime and SDG 2: Reforming Agricultural Markets for Food Security ~ Clair Gammage Social Sustainability, Labour and Trade: Forging Connections ~ Tonia Novitz PART 4: PLACES Land Ownership, Use and Sustainability in a Pluriverse ~ Chris Willmore Sustainability and marine conservation law ~ Margherita Pieraccini
£75.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Conservation, Biodiversity and International Law
Book Synopsis'Humanity has been gambling for generations with the extent to which it can degrade nature and continue to prosper. Now the environmental debt is being called in and the ability of international diplomacy and law, government policy and political will to deal with the issues is being tested. Conservation, Biodiversity and International Law is a must read for any practitioner in the high-stakes business of restoring our ability to live in harmony with the natural world that sustains us.' - Alastair Morrison, Department of Conservation, New Zealand 'Biodiversity is the cornerstone of life - our plants, animals, and ecosystems are essential for livelihoods and have shaped our culture and traditions around the world. However our precious biodiversity is at risk as never before. Global targets to reduce biodiversity loss have not been met and we continue to lose biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. In fact we are currently in the middle of an extinction crisis and scientists have advised that one species from our planet is being lost every 38 minutes! The nature of this crisis and the actions taken to address it are clearly and articulately put forward in this landmark book by Professor Al Gillespie. This book is particularly useful in documenting the many policy and legal actions that have been taken to address these issues, and how the application of these instruments can be improved. Although focused on the law, the book covers a range of disciplines including science, philosophy and policy which lay the foundation for international law. This book makes a major and highly valued contribution to the disciple of environmental law and policy and is an invaluable reference for policy makers, practitioners and academic audiences.' - David Sheppard, CEO of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)This important and timely book provides a rigorous overview of the defining issues presently facing conservation at international level. The author provides detailed coverage of topics ranging from the classification of species right through to access and benefit sharing, drawing on his personal experience at intergovernmental level. Each question is examined through the prism of dozens of treaties and hundreds of decisions and resolutions of the key multilateral regimes, and the law in each area is supplemented by the necessary considerations of science politics and philosophy - providing much-needed context for the reader. Combining expert scholarship and first-hand insight, Conservation, Biodiversity and International Law will be an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners in international environmental law, as well as providing an accessible guide for students.Trade ReviewA major work: this book provides a comprehensive picture of the international legal challenges of natural heritage conservation. Truly an indispensable tool for policy-makers, experts and students. The book offers a complete guide to the complex world of treaties that regulate conservation at the global scale. --Francesco Bandarin, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for CultureThis book is written by a prominent and influential scholar who also has the benefit of first hand knowledge of practical working of environmental regimes, having participated in several important negotiations. Gillespie's monograph therefore stands out among other publications on the subject of conservation, combining thoughtful and scholarly approach to issues raised with un-parallel insights into the working of environmental law and the conservation of biodiversity. The book is very original in its presentation of this subject, especially in the selection of topics and the approach which is not only legal but also scientific, philosophical and political. This book is evidence of the great erudition of the author not only in the field of conservation but also in international environmental law and general international law, an example of which can be his analysis of the precautionary principle, trade and a very complex issue of the exception for indigenous peoples and science. Mention also must be made of his detailed approach to various multilateral treaty regimes such as Ramsar Convention and the World Heritage Convention. Gillespie wrote an exceptional book which is a must for international layers, both practitioners and scholars. It is a thought-provoking, very well researched and original monograph, which due to its all- encompassing approach will retain its importance for a very long period of time. --Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary, University of London, UKThe book is an important contribution to environmental literature and specifically to environmental law internationally. International lawyers, both practitioners and academic lawyers alike - as well as policymakers - will welcome this thorough, scholarly and readable monograph as a must-have addition to their libraries. --Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Species and Areas 3. Extinct and Endangered 4. Classifications 5. Tangible Benefits 6. Intangible Considerations 7. Habitat 8. Trade 9. Exceptions for Indigenous Peoples, Science and the Military 10. Aliens, Disease, Pests, and Genetically Modified Species 11. Incidental Capture 12. Development 13. Overlaps and Gaps 14. Compliance 15. Compliance on the High Seas 16. Management 17. Access and Benefit Sharing 18. Local Peoples, Education and Finance 19. Conclusion Index
£51.25
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on International Energy Law
Book SynopsisInternational energy law is an elusive but important concept. There is no body of law called 'international energy law', nor is there any universally accepted definition for it, yet many specialized areas of international law have a direct relationship with energy policy. The Research Handbook on International Energy Law examines various aspects of international energy law and offers a comprehensive account of its basic concepts and processes.Adopting a practical approach, the Handbook traces the wide and somewhat informal notion of international energy law and covers the latest developments in the field. The expert contributors offer original research and analysis on pertinent topics such as energy investment, international energy disputes and energy trade. In addition to examining public international law issues and their application to energy activities, the Handbook also includes studies focused on private contractual arrangements and provides an angle on the human rights aspects of energy.This book will be a valuable tool for the expert audience - both academics and practitioners - and will provide students and early career practicing lawyers with a good understanding of what 'international energy law' really means.Contributors: R.J. Battaglia, A.V. Belyi, P. Cameron, M. Galligan, A.M.-Z. Gao, T.P.Gormley, K. Hobér, L. Holt, S. de Jong, A. Konoplyanik, L.A. Low, R. Maalouf, T. Martin, M. Naseem, S. Naseem, Y. Omorogbe, S.-L. Penttinen, P. Roberts, A. Sabater, S.W. Schill, Y. Selivanova, I.A. Siddiky, M. Stadnyk, K. Talus, R.P. Tscherning, A. Wawryk, J. Wouters, K. YafimavaTrade Review‘The book's diverse topics, and impressive array of authors will make it a useful resource to a wide array of energy lawyers. The world's energy, environmental, and economic goals present a monumental hill to climb; the Research Handbook on lntemational Energy Law should be welcomed for beginning to illuminate the path.’ -- James W.Coleman, International Energy Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Internationalisation of Energy Law Kim Talus 2. Institutional Actors in International Energy Law Sijbren de Jong and Jan Wouters 3. Interface Between National and International Energy Law Stephan W. Schill PART II: INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INVESTMENTS 4. Multilateral and Bilateral Energy Investment Treaties: Do We Need a Global Solution? Energy Charter Treaty as Objective Result of Evolution of the International Energy Markets and Instruments of Investment Protection and Stimulation Andrey A. Konoplyanik 5. In Search of Investment Stability Peter Cameron 6. World Petroleum Regimes Mohd Naseem and Saman Naseem 7. Energy and International Boundaries Tim Martin PART III: INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND ENERGY 8. International Arbitration and Energy: How Energy Disputes Shaped International Dispute Resolution Aníbal Sabater and Mark Stadnyk 9. Recent Trends in Energy Disputes Kaj Hobér 10. The Role of the Court of Justice of European Union in the Energy Market Liberalization Sirja-Leena Penttinen PART IV: INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENERGY 11. The WTO Agreements and Energy Yulia Selivanova 12. The International Legal Instruments for Cross-border Pipelines Ishrak Ahmed Siddiky 13. Contractual Issues in International Gas Trade: LNG – the Key to the Golden Age of Gas Peter Roberts and Ruchdi Maalouf PART V: INTERNATIONAL POVERTY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENERGY 14. Policy, Law, and the Actualization of the Right of Access to Energy Services Yinka Omorogbe 15. Renewable Energy for Food and Water Security Projects in Dry-Land Countries: Towards a Model Legal Framework for the Qatar National Food Security Programme Rudiger P. Tscherning PART VI: ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY 16. Promotion of Renewable Electricity: Free Trade and Domestic Industrial Development Anton Ming-Zhi Gao 17. EU Energy Efficiency Regulation and Governance: Lessons for the US? Lynne Holt and Mary Galligan PART VII: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL ENERGY LAW 18. Corruption and the Energy Sector: Inevitable Bedfellows? Lucinda A. Low and Richard J. Battaglia 19. Transparency and International Energy Tonje Pareli Gormley 20. The Regulation of Oil Spills from Offshore Installations Alex Wawryk 21. Transit: The EU Energy Acquis and the Energy Charter Treaty Katja Yafimava 22. International Energy Law, Institutions and Geopolitics Andrei V. Belyi Index
£218.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Law
Book Synopsis'The alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment are both critical challenges for the vindication of basic human rights for all of humankind. This relationship is however not necessarily an easy one. While there is an inextricable link between poverty and the degradation of the environment, a sophisticated analysis of a problem needs to deal with those cases where the need to increase economic opportunity for poor communities may appear to conflict with fragile ecosystems or the preservation of traditional practices. This collection provides the most sustained engagement with these problems. Drawing on the expertise of a range of distinguished authors, this book presents the reader with an integrated global engagement with these problems. In doing so, it represents a landmark effort towards the creation of a coherent literature to deal with one of humankind's most pressing challenges.'- Dennis Davis, Judge of the High Court, South Africa This timely book explores the complex relationship between the alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment. There is every reason to believe that these issues are in many ways interdependent. However this book demonstrates that there are situations where alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment appear to be in a fraught relationship. The contributing authors illustrate that the role played by law in this relationship, whether at the international or national level, will vary depending on the situation and will be more successful at pursuing environmental justice in some cases than in others. This interdisciplinary study will appeal to academics and students in environmental law and other environmental disciplines, environmental policy makers and NGOs interested in issues of poverty, environment and indigenous peoples. Contributors: C.D. Aceves-Avila, D. Behn, K. Bubna-Litic, M.A. Cohen, E. Couzens, J.J. Gonzalez Marquez, S. Gruber, O.F. Jauregui, M. Kidd, Y. Le Bouthillier, P. Martin, A. Mumma, L.C. Paddock, C.G. Pring, G.W. Pring, S. Sabzwari, D.N. Scott, D. Shelton, S.L. SmithTrade ReviewThe complex, uneven and challenging relationships between poverty alleviation and environmental regulation are impossible to trace in a single book but this collection brings a carefully selected set of policy-relevant, context-responsive, practical legal analyses to bear in a fresh examination of the present and future challenges involved. This is a timely contribution in the search for regulatory responses that alleviate rather than exacerbate the myriad forms of adaptation apartheid now so painfully evident in the relationship between poverty, injustice and environmental degradation. - Anna Grear, University of Waikato, New Zealand The subject of poverty cannot be ignored by environmentalists as the poor are the most affected by the diverse impacts of environmental degradation and climate change such as on water, natural resources and cultural heritage sites. In addition, slum dwellings exacerbate the plight of the poor. The book is a collection of diverse topics by renowned environmental legal experts which deal with the relationship between the alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment. Each writer addresses the challenges raised in various issues and recommends solutions which range from linking with human rights, the need for public participation, the role of environmental courts and other mechanisms. - --Koh Kheng-Lian, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I: LINKAGES BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND POVERTY 2. Using Law and Equity for the Poor and the Environment Dinah Shelton 3. The Right of Access to Water in South Africa Michael Kidd PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND POVERTY: WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLES? 4. Climate Change Impacts on the Poor – a Case-study of Australia’s Indigenous Population and the Impact of Australia’s Response on this Population Karen Bubna-Litic 5. The Quest for Environmental Justice on a Canadian Aboriginal Reserve Sidra Sabzwari and Dayna Nadine Scott 6. Whaling and Dealing: Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling, Politics and Poverty Ed Couzens PART III: THE NEED FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO COMBAT POVERTY 7. The Role of Public Engagement in Achieving Environmental Justice LeRoy C. (Lee) Paddock 8. The Right of Access to Information as a Tool for Environmental Protection and Poverty Eradication in Mexico Carla D. Aceves-Ávila PART IV: STATES’ APPROACHES TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND POVERTY 9. Embedding Social Justice in the Design of Environmental Regulation Paul Martin 10. Planning and Environment in Mexico City’s Metropolitan Zone: Trying to Defeat Poverty Miriam Alfie Cohen and Oscar Flores Jáuregui PART V: THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 11. The ‘Greening’ of Justice: Will it Help the Poor? George W. (Rock) Pring and Catherine G. (Kitty) Pring 12. The Resolution of Urban Housing Development Disputes as a Mechanism for Poverty Alleviation: A Case Study of Kenya’s National Environment Tribunal Albert Mumma PART VI: GLOBAL CHALLENGES: INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS TO ADDRESS POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 13. Linking Climate Change Mitigation and Poverty Reduction: Continued Reform of the Clean Development Mechanism in the Post-Kyoto Era to Promote Sustainable Energy Development on the African Continent Daniel Behn 14. Poverty and the Loss of Cultural Heritage Sites Stefan Gruber 15. Chartering Sustainable Transnational Corporations Susan Lea Smith Index
£121.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Biodiversity and Law
Book SynopsisThe crucial importance of biodiversity law to future human welfare is only now being fully appreciated. This wide-ranging handbook presents a range of perspectives from leading international experts reflecting up-to-date research thinking on the vital subject of biodiversity and its interaction with law.Through a rigorous examination of the principles, procedures and practices that characterise this area of law, this timely volume effectively highlights its objectives, implementation, achievements, and prospects. More specifically, the work addresses the regulatory challenges posed by the principal contemporary threats to biological diversity, the applicable general principles of international environmental law and the visions, values and voices that are shaping the development of the law. Presenting thematic rather than regime-based coverage, the editors demonstrate the state-of-the-art of current research and identify future research needs and directions.This comprehensive and authoritative handbook will be an indispensable resource for legal scholars, students and practitioners alike. Contributors include: K. Bastmeijer, M. Bowman, R. Caddell, E. Cloatre, P. Davies, M. Fitzmaurice, M. Fosci, D. French, E.J. Goodwin, K. Hulme, E.A. Kirk, V. Koester, N. Mohammed, R. Rayfuse, K.N. Scott, A. Trouwborst, T. WestTrade ReviewThis is a remarkable book. It comprises the best scholars in the field covering all of the essential elements needed to understand and respond to the foremost conservation challenges of the 21st century. It is contemporary, insightful and challenging. In my opinion, this work is essential for any scholar, practitioner or student who works in this area. --Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato, New ZealandTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I VISIONS, VALUES AND VOICES 1. Law, Legal Scholarship and the Conservation of Biological Diversity: 2020 Vision and Beyond Michael Bowman 2. In Whose Interest? Instrumental and Intrinsic Value in Biodiversity Law Mattia Fosci and Tom West 3. Participatory Resource Management: A Caribbean Case Study Nicole Mohammed 4. The Role of Non-State Actors in Treaty Regimes for the Protection of Marine Biodiversity Elizabeth A. Kirk PART II SIGNIFICANT THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY 5. Climate Change, Marine Biodiversity and International Law Rosemary Rayfuse 6. Broad Spectrum Efforts to Enhance the Conservation of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems Edward J. Goodwin 7. Alien Invasive Species – is the EU’s Strategy Fit for Purpose? Peter Davies 8. Countering Fragmentation of Habitats under International Wildlife Regimes Arie Trouwborst 9. Armed Conflict and Biodiversity Karen Hulme PART III GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 10. The Convention on Biological Diversity and the Concept of Sustainable Development: The Extent and Manner of the Convention’s Application of Components of the Concept Veit Koester 11. Whaling and Inter- and Intra-Generational Equity Malgosia Fitzmaurice 12. Common Concern, Common Heritage and other Global(-ising) Concepts: Rhetorical Devices, Legal Principles or a Fundamental Challenge? Duncan French PART IV REGULATORY CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES 13. Biodiversity, Knowledge and the Making of Rights: Reviewing the Debates on Bioprospecting and Ownership Emilie Cloatre 14. Ecological Restoration in International Biodiversity Law: A Promising Strategy to Address Our Failure to Prevent? Kees Bastmeijer 15. Non-Compliance Procedures and the Implementation of Commitments under Wildlife Treaties Karen N. Scott 16. ‘Only Connect’? Regime Interaction and Global Biodiversity Conservation Richard Caddell Index
£218.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Making Fishery Agreements Work: Post-Agreement
Book SynopsisWhy do people obey the law? And why do states abide by their international commitments? These are among the questions raised in this important book. The setting is the Barents Sea, home to some of the most productive fishing grounds on the planet, including the world's largest cod stock. Norway and Russia manage these fish resources together, in what appears to be a successful exception to the rule of failed fisheries management: stocks are in good shape, institutional cooperation is expanding and takes place in a constructive atmosphere. The author argues that post-agreement bargaining helps activate norms and establish standard operating procedure that furthers precautionary fisheries management. The Barents Sea fishery is seen as one of the best-managed international fisheries in the world, and the book specifically enquires into the lessons to be learned from the Norwegian-Russian partnership. It will therefore prove to be of invaluable interest to practitioners, scholars and policy makers working in the field of fisheries management and environmental agreements.Trade ReviewEnvironmental governance is not just a matter of laying down clear rules and regulations and then finding ways to enforce them. Developing the idea of ''post-agreement bargaining'' and drawing on his exceptional knowledge of the world-class fisheries of the Barents Sea, Geir Honneland illuminates the ongoing processes of interpretation, mutual accommodation, and adjustment to changing circumstances that play an essential role in making environmental regimes work. --Oran Young, University of California, Santa BarbaraFishing vessels plying the cold waters of the Barents Sea provide the empirical basis for this extraordinary effort to answer the question of what it takes for people and their governments to make and stick to agreements and follow the rules. Based on years of study of arrangements between Norway and the Soviet Union/Russia and interviews with the captains of the fishing ships that seek cod and other species in the far north, Honneland brings findings and theory from many disciplines to the question. In so doing he offers a powerful argument about how post-agreement bargaining at both state and individual levels contributes to compliance and hence sustainable fisheries. --Bonnie McCay, Rutgers UniversityIn Making Fishery Agreements Work, Geir Honneland extends his reputation as a leading scholar on Norwegian/Russian fisheries relationships. His new contribution focuses on the complicated and hard to track post-bargaining processes that can be used to improve compliance over time in situations with large power differentials. Well grounded in compliance theory and common property resource management, Honneland's interviews and personal observations capture the empirical motivations that underlie compliance in joint Barent's Sea fisheries. --David Fluharty, University of WashingtonTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Common-pool Resource Management and Compliance with International Commitments 3. Fisheries Management in the Barents Sea 4. Post-agreement Bargaining at State Level 5. Post-agreement Bargaining at Individual Level 6. Conclusions References Index
£26.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Legal Reasoning in Environmental Law: A Study of
Book SynopsisProfessor Fisher's analysis reveals the rationality, or rather the lack of it, of current environmental decision-making. It also provides the evidence for an environmental grundnorm to guide legal reasoning. Without it, political and legal decision-makers will not be able to achieve ecologically sustainable development. A timely book on a hugely important issue.'- Klaus Bosselmann, University of Auckland, Australia'I am afraid that an endorsement of this kind, however condense and packed with praise, cannot do justice to Doug Fisher's latest book. A respected and seasoned environmental law scholar, Fisher skilfully reminds us that law is about language and that language is the point of commencement of legal reasoning, also in environmental law and governance. Importantly, language and legal argumentation and reasoning will play a determinative role in our efforts to achieve sustainability. The book's detailed account of the different forms of legal argumentation; the methodology of legal decision-making; and the connection between law, language and legal reasoning in international environmental law and governance, is an invaluable resource for scholars of legal hermeneutics, international lawyers generally, and specifically, for environmental lawyers.'BR>- Louis J. Kotzé, North West University, South AfricaLegal Reasoning in Environmental Law provides a comprehensive review and analysis of the range of legal reasoning processes to support the understanding, interpretation and application of international, regional and national rules of environmental law.The book considers how rules for environmental governance are designed to accommodate the various competing interests within each of the private and public sectors and also between the two sectors. The author then examines how decisions in particular cases reflect the sources of these rules together with their form, structure and language. He exposes the ways in which reliance upon an extensive range of legal reasoning processes are used to justify the particular decision by interpreting and applying these rules to the case in question.Much has been written about legal reasoning and about environmental law but relatively little about the relationship between the two. This book will strongly appeal to legal scholars for its analysis of intellectual processes, and to legal practitioners for its exposition of how decisions are made.Contents: Preface Part I: Reasoning in a Legal Context 1. Law, Language and Reasoning 2. Forms of Legal Argumentation 3. The Methodology of Legal Decision-making Part II: Legal Reasoning in International Environmental Law 4. Rules of Competence and Limitation: Territorial Resources 5. Rules of Limitation: Common Resources 6. Internationally Accepted Rules: The Normative Framework 7. Internationally Accepted Rules: Implementation Measures 8. Judicially Constructed Rules: Biological Resources 9. Judicially Constructed Rules: Common Resources Part III: Legal Reasoning in Applying Environmental Law 10. Rules in the Form of Human Rights 11. Rules in Instrumental Form 12. Rules in the Form of Constitutional Rights 13. Rules in the Form of Environmental Rights 14. The Structure, Form and Language of Statutory Rules 15. Rules Informing Adjudication 16. Strategic Rules Informing Decisions 17. Strategic Rules Regulating Decisions Part IV: Conclusion 18. Legal Reasoning in Environmental Law Bibliography IndexTrade Review‘Professor Fisher’s analysis reveals the rationality, or rather the lack of it, of current environmental decision-making. It also provides the evidence for an environmental grundnorm to guide legal reasoning. Without it, political and legal decision-makers will not be able to achieve ecologically sustainable development. A timely book on a hugely important issue.’ -- Klaus Bosselmann, University of Auckland, New Zealand‘I am afraid that an endorsement of this kind, however condense and packed with praise, cannot do justice to Doug Fisher’s latest book. A respected and seasoned environmental law scholar, Fisher skilfully reminds us that law is about language and that language is the point of commencement of legal reasoning, also in environmental law and governance. Importantly, language and legal argumentation and reasoning will play a determinative role in our efforts to achieve sustainability. The book’s detailed account of the different forms of legal argumentation; the methodology of legal decision-making; and the connection between law, language and legal reasoning in international environmental law and governance, is an invaluable resource for scholars of legal hermeneutics, international lawyers generally, and specifically, for environmental lawyers.’ -- Louis J. Kotzé, North West University, South Africa‘It can be said that Fisher’s new book is a speci?c delight to read because the author has such thorough knowledge of jurisprudence in this case, the theory of legal reasoning and a hands-on approach to environmental law in the most concrete sense of the word. It is a clearly structured, well-balanced, and well thought out presentation that ?lls an important gap in environmental law scholarship.’ -- Niko Soininen, Yearbook of International Environmental LawTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Reasoning in a Legal Context 1. Law, Language and Reasoning 2. Forms of Legal Argumentation 3. The Methodology of Legal Decision-making Part II: Legal Reasoning in International Environmental Law 4. Rules of Competence and Limitation: Territorial Resources 5. Rules of Limitation: Common Resources 6. Internationally Accepted Rules: The Normative Framework 7. Internationally Accepted Rules: Implementation Measures 8. Judicially Constructed Rules: Biological Resources 9. Judicially Constructed Rules: Common Resources Part III: Legal Reasoning in Applying Environmental Law 10. Rules in the Form of Human Rights 11. Rules in Instrumental Form 12. Rules in the Form of Constitutional Rights 13. Rules in the Form of Environmental Rights 14. The Structure, Form and Language of Statutory Rules 15. Rules Informing Adjudication 16. Strategic Rules Informing Decisions 17. Strategic Rules Regulating Decisions Part IV: Conclusion 18. Legal Reasoning in Environmental Law Bibliography Index
£138.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Emissions Trading Design: A Critical Overview
Book SynopsisEmission trading schemes have become instruments of choice in climate change policy across many jurisdictions, and this has led to massive experimentation across very different contexts. The scale and urgency of the climate change problem and the real-life complexity of emission trading schemes combine to make high quality, detailed studies necessary, important, and sometimes fascinating. This book scores on all these fronts. By putting practical implementations within a sound theoretical framework, it will be of value both for seasoned and not so seasoned scholars and policymakers.'- Javier de Cendra de Larragán, IE Law School, SpainEmissions trading is becoming an increasingly popular policy instrument with growing diversity in design. This book examines emissions trading design, emissions trading implementation problems and how to address them.In an easily accessible way, the book examines advantages and disadvantages of emissions trading and presents policy considerations that designers should not neglect. Stefan Weishaar reviews the main implementation challenges emissions trading faces and assesses how they can be addressed in an effective, efficient and acceptable way. By reviewing existing and emerging emissions trading systems around the world, the book describes why emissions trading systems are used in an environmental policy mix, how an emissions trading system can be designed, what special design issues should be duly considered, and with whom emissions trading systems can be linked.Written from both a legal and an economic perspective, this book will appeal to academic researchers and postgraduate students in environmental law and policy, and those focused on energy and climate change issues. It will also be essential reading for policymakers, managers and consultants working in this field.Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Emission Trading and Alternative Instruments 3. Design Variants of Emissions Trading 4. Real-life Applications of Emissions Trading Systems 5. Implementation Issue 1: Initial Allocation of Emission Rights 6. Implementation Issues 2: Secondary Market for Emissions Rights 7. Implementation Issue 3: Operational Aspects of Emission Rights 8. Implementation Issue 4: Lawsuits Following from Emissions Trading 9. Linking Emissions Trading Schemes 10. Concluding Remarks References IndexTrade Review'Emission trading schemes have become instruments of choice in climate change policy across many jurisdictions, and this has led to massive experimentation across very different contexts. The scale and urgency of the climate change problem and the real-life complexity of emission trading schemes combine to make high quality, detailed studies necessary, important, and sometimes fascinating. This book scores on all these fronts. By putting practical implementations within a sound theoretical framework, it will be of value both for seasoned and not so seasoned scholars and policymakers.' -- Javier de Cendra de Larragán, IE Law School, Spain‘Policy makers in the relevant government bodies will undoubtedly consider this book essential reading, as will environmental lawyers of course, as well as technical consultants advising in this field. With its meticulous footnoting throughout, not to mention the detailed bibliography of over 20 pages, this book certainly emerges as a superb research tool for those seeking to enhance their understanding of this important environmental topic.’ -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine‘This book addresses a large number of important design variables and reflects deep knowledge of the EU experience. For those reasons alone, it merits a read.’ -- David Driesen, Carbon and Climate Law Review‘I found this book both informative and easy to read. This book would be of interest to academics wishing to gain an understanding of emissions trading policy issues for research or teaching purposes. In addition, academics from science and the environment in general would ?nd it a most useful tool to increasing the policy impacts of their research. I also believe it would be a great book to recommend to the current federal Government in Australia and most likely many others around the globe.’ -- Deborah Cotton, Australian Journal of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Emission Trading and Alternative Instruments 3. Design Variants of Emissions Trading 4. Real-life Applications of Emissions Trading Systems 5. Implementation Issue 1: Initial Allocation of Emission Rights 6. Implementation Issues 2: Secondary Market for Emissions Rights 7. Implementation Issue 3: Operational Aspects of Emission Rights 8. Implementation Issue 4: Lawsuits Following from Emissions Trading 9. Linking Emissions Trading Schemes 10. Concluding Remarks References Index
£100.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Law
Book Synopsis'The alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment are both critical challenges for the vindication of basic human rights for all of humankind. This relationship is however not necessarily an easy one. While there is an inextricable link between poverty and the degradation of the environment, a sophisticated analysis of a problem needs to deal with those cases where the need to increase economic opportunity for poor communities may appear to conflict with fragile ecosystems or the preservation of traditional practices. This collection provides the most sustained engagement with these problems. Drawing on the expertise of a range of distinguished authors, this book presents the reader with an integrated global engagement with these problems. In doing so, it represents a landmark effort towards the creation of a coherent literature to deal with one of humankind's most pressing challenges.'- Dennis Davis, Judge of the High Court, South Africa This timely book explores the complex relationship between the alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment. There is every reason to believe that these issues are in many ways interdependent. However this book demonstrates that there are situations where alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment appear to be in a fraught relationship. The contributing authors illustrate that the role played by law in this relationship, whether at the international or national level, will vary depending on the situation and will be more successful at pursuing environmental justice in some cases than in others. This interdisciplinary study will appeal to academics and students in environmental law and other environmental disciplines, environmental policy makers and NGOs interested in issues of poverty, environment and indigenous peoples. Contributors: C.D. Aceves-Avila, D. Behn, K. Bubna-Litic, M.A. Cohen, E. Couzens, J.J. Gonzalez Marquez, S. Gruber, O.F. Jauregui, M. Kidd, Y. Le Bouthillier, P. Martin, A. Mumma, L.C. Paddock, C.G. Pring, G.W. Pring, S. Sabzwari, D.N. Scott, D. Shelton, S.L. SmithTrade ReviewThe complex, uneven and challenging relationships between poverty alleviation and environmental regulation are impossible to trace in a single book but this collection brings a carefully selected set of policy-relevant, context-responsive, practical legal analyses to bear in a fresh examination of the present and future challenges involved. This is a timely contribution in the search for regulatory responses that alleviate rather than exacerbate the myriad forms of adaptation apartheid now so painfully evident in the relationship between poverty, injustice and environmental degradation. - Anna Grear, University of Waikato, New Zealand The subject of poverty cannot be ignored by environmentalists as the poor are the most affected by the diverse impacts of environmental degradation and climate change such as on water, natural resources and cultural heritage sites. In addition, slum dwellings exacerbate the plight of the poor. The book is a collection of diverse topics by renowned environmental legal experts which deal with the relationship between the alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment. Each writer addresses the challenges raised in various issues and recommends solutions which range from linking with human rights, the need for public participation, the role of environmental courts and other mechanisms. - --Koh Kheng-Lian, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I: LINKAGES BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND POVERTY 2. Using Law and Equity for the Poor and the Environment Dinah Shelton 3. The Right of Access to Water in South Africa Michael Kidd PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND POVERTY: WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLES? 4. Climate Change Impacts on the Poor – a Case-study of Australia’s Indigenous Population and the Impact of Australia’s Response on this Population Karen Bubna-Litic 5. The Quest for Environmental Justice on a Canadian Aboriginal Reserve Sidra Sabzwari and Dayna Nadine Scott 6. Whaling and Dealing: Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling, Politics and Poverty Ed Couzens PART III: THE NEED FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO COMBAT POVERTY 7. The Role of Public Engagement in Achieving Environmental Justice LeRoy C. (Lee) Paddock 8. The Right of Access to Information as a Tool for Environmental Protection and Poverty Eradication in Mexico Carla D. Aceves-Ávila PART IV: STATES’ APPROACHES TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND POVERTY 9. Embedding Social Justice in the Design of Environmental Regulation Paul Martin 10. Planning and Environment in Mexico City’s Metropolitan Zone: Trying to Defeat Poverty Miriam Alfie Cohen and Oscar Flores Jáuregui PART V: THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 11. The ‘Greening’ of Justice: Will it Help the Poor? George W. (Rock) Pring and Catherine G. (Kitty) Pring 12. The Resolution of Urban Housing Development Disputes as a Mechanism for Poverty Alleviation: A Case Study of Kenya’s National Environment Tribunal Albert Mumma PART VI: GLOBAL CHALLENGES: INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS TO ADDRESS POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 13. Linking Climate Change Mitigation and Poverty Reduction: Continued Reform of the Clean Development Mechanism in the Post-Kyoto Era to Promote Sustainable Energy Development on the African Continent Daniel Behn 14. Poverty and the Loss of Cultural Heritage Sites Stefan Gruber 15. Chartering Sustainable Transnational Corporations Susan Lea Smith Index
£40.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to International
Book SynopsisAll too often, international environmental law is presented as a kind of guided tour of different treaties and environmental problems. Professor Hey succeeds beautifully in articulating the themes that connect all of these disparate areas, an effort that both students and scholars will appreciate.'- Daniel Farber, University of California, Berkeley, US'This volume presents a superb overview of international environmental law by a long-time observer. Ellen Hey shares her deep insight into the historical, environmental, technical and policy context of the law, and introduces the reader to regulatory techniques and choices, the main legal tools at actors' disposal, and the key developments in the field. The result is an accessible, yet sophisticated introduction to the evolution of the field, and its expanding modes of action and range of participants.'- Jutta Brunée, University of Toronto, Canada'This is a significant contribution from a leading figure in the field. Of particular note is the effort to embed international environmental law in its broader context, not only through the detailed analysis of its foundational principles or of its deep interactions with other fields of international law but, more generally, through the overarching theme of the Anthropocene. It is to be thoroughly recommended.'- Jorge E. Viñuales, University of Cambridge, UKElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars.This accessible and concise introduction provides a salient overview of contemporary international environmental law as well as a critical assessment of the controversies that arise when trying to achieve environmental protection through international law.Covering the origins, content, institutional structure and accountability mechanisms of international environmental law, in their social-economic and political context, Ellen Hey discusses substantive and procedural fairness, thus exploring questions of distributive justice, accountability and legitimacy. Providing an invaluable entry point to this complex area of the law, this book enables a rapid understanding of the core principles of this multi-faceted topic.Key features include:- Concise and compact overview- Discusses contemporary developments- Examines IEL's relationship to other areas of international law- Considers the social-economic context.Trade Review‘All too often, international environmental law is presented as a kind of guided tour of different treaties and environmental problems. Professor Hey succeeds beautifully in articulating the themes that connect all of these disparate areas, an effort that both students and scholars will appreciate.’ -- Daniel Farber, University of California, Berkeley, US‘This volume presents a superb overview of international environmental law by a long-time observer. Ellen Hey shares her deep insight into the historical, environmental, technical and policy context of the law, and introduces the reader to regulatory techniques and choices, the main legal tools at actors' disposal, and the key developments in the field. The result is an accessible, yet sophisticated introduction to the evolution of the field, and its expanding modes of action and range of participants.’ -- Jutta Brunée, University of Toronto, Canada‘This is a significant contribution from a leading figure in the field. Of particular note is the effort to embed international environmental law in its broader context, not only through the detailed analysis of its foundational principles or of its deep interactions with other fields of international law but, more generally, through the overarching theme of the Anthropocene. It is to be thoroughly recommended.’ -- Jorge E. Viñuales, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Setting the Scene 2. Origins and Development 3. Evolving Insights About What is at Stake 4. Principles 5. Institutional Structures 6. Dispute Settlement and Accountability Mechanisms 7. The Relationship with other Areas of International Law 8. Conclusion: Continuity and Change Index
£98.67
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Polar Oceans Governance in an Era of
Book SynopsisForeword by Tony Press and Foreword by Bernie Funston'As climate change thrusts the Arctic and Antarctic towards the top of the global political agenda, this timely collection provides a broad overview of the issues, the options, and the rules and institutions that are already in place.'- Michael Byers, University of British Columbia, Canada and author of International Law and the Arctic'While at opposite ends of the earth, the shared characteristics of the Arctic and Antarctic are identified by this multidisciplinary collection of essays. Both regions need effective, flexible governance - whether through the Antarctic Treaty System or the Arctic Council - if they are to respond to the challenges of commercialization of hydrocarbons, climate change and the marine environment. Internationally recognized scholars grapple with the global politics of the polar regions, the perspectives of the Inuit people and the role of joint development. This invaluable, well-researched and stimulating collection clarifies the geopolitical and socio-economic dynamics of some of the world's most fragile and vulnerable environments.'- Gillian Triggs, Australian Human Rights CommissionThis timely book provides a cutting-edge assessment of how the dynamic ocean regions at the highest latitudes on Earth are being managed in an era of unprecedented environmental change. The Arctic and Southern Oceans are experiencing transformative environmental change as a result of climate change and ocean acidification. As areas of unparalleled environmental, cultural and scientific value, they are crucibles for testing how integrated, eco-systemic governance frameworks can be developed to meet and address volatile environmental, political and economic challenges.Drawing especially on Australian and Canadian experiences in polar oceans management through multilateral global and regional institutions, the book identifies policy options for improving the governance of the Arctic and Southern Oceans. In offering a pioneering 'bipolar' assessment of environmental management at both polar regions, this important book will be an essential resource for policy-makers, scholars and students actively engaged in discussion and debate on the future of polar oceans governance in the Anthropocene.Contributors: R. Davis, M. Doelle, M. Haward, R. Huebert, J. Jabour, R. Abdul Kadir, L. Kriwoken, S. Lalonde, D. Leary, T.L. McDorman, R. Rayfuse, D.R. Rothwell, T. Stephens, D.L. VanderZwaag, M. Weber, S. WrightTrade ReviewAs climate change thrusts the Arctic and Antarctic towards the top of the global political agenda, this timely collection provides a broad overview of the issues, the options, and the rules and institutions that are already in place.'--Michael Byers, University of British Columbia, Canada and author of International Law and the Arctic'While at opposite ends of the earth, the shared characteristics of the Arctic and Antarctic are identified by this multidisciplinary collection of essays. Both regions need effective, flexible governance - whether through the Antarctic Treaty System or the Arctic Council - if they are to respond to the challenges of commercialization of hydrocarbons, climate change and the marine environment. Internationally recognized scholars grapple with the global politics of the polar regions, the perspectives of the Inuit people and the role of joint development. This invaluable, well-researched and stimulating collection clarifies the geopolitical and socio-economic dynamics of some of the world's most fragile and vulnerable environments.'--Gillian Triggs, Australian Human Rights CommissionTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Tony Press Foreword Bernie Funston Preface Map One. Maritime Jurisdiction and Boundaries in the Arctic Region Map Two. Antarctica and the Southern Ocean 1. Polar Oceans Governance: Shifting Seascapes, Hazy Horizons Tim Stephens and David L. VanderZwaag PART I: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE POLAR OCEANS 2. Environmental Change and Governance Challenges in the Southern Ocean Marcus Haward and Julia Jabour 3. Environmental Change in the Arctic Region Lorne Kriwoken PART II: GEOSTRATEGIC DYNAMICS IN THE POLAR OCEANS 4. Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions: Power Politics and Regime Building in the Arctic Rob Huebert 5. Power Politics in the Antarctic Treaty System Melissa Weber PART III: RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT, SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION – BIPOLAR PERSPECTIVES 6. Is Joint Development Possible in the Arctic? Rizal Abdul Kadir 7. From Hydrocarbons to Psychrophiles: The ‘Scramble’ for Antarctic and Arctic Resources David Leary 8. Polar Continental Shelves: Australian and Canadian Challenges and Opportunities Tim Stephens 9. The IMO’s PSSA Mechanism and the Debate over the Northwest Passage Suzanne Lalonde PART IV: DEVELOPING NATIONAL AND FOREIGN POLICY RESPONSES 10. Inuit Perspectives on the Governance in the Canadian Arctic Shelley Wright 11. Arctic Climate Governance: Can the Canary in the Coal Mine Lift Canada’s Head out of the Sand(s)? Meinhard Doelle 12. Coastal State Jurisdiction and the Polar Code: A Test Case for Arctic Oceans Governance? Rosemary Rayfuse 13. Canada, the United States and International Law of the Sea in the Arctic Ocean Ted L. McDorman 14. Middle Powers and Oceans Policy: Australian Perspectives on Antarctic Competition and Cooperation Donald R. Rothwell PART V: THE FUTURE OF POLAR OCEANS GOVERNANCE 15. The Durability of the ‘Antarctic Model’ and Southern Ocean Governance Ruth Davis 16. The Arctic Council and the Future of Arctic Ocean Governance: Edging Forward in a Sea of Governance Challenges David L. VanderZwaag Index
£126.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change and International Trade
Book SynopsisRafael Leal-Arcas expertly examines the interface of climate change mitigation and international trade law with a view to addressing the question: How can we make best use of the international trading system experience to aim at a global climate change agreement?The insightful book contributes to developing the architecture for a post2012 global climate agreement and, in doing so, seeks and proposes new approaches to climate change mitigation by linking it to the international trade system. The author suggests the adoption of a bottom-up approach to climate change negotiations by using the evolution of multilateral trade agreements as a model for reaching a global climate treaty. He discusses the innovative approach of inserting climate goals within regional trade agreements, given their proliferation - especially bilateral - in the international trading system. He explains the trade implications of climate change mitigation policies by analyzing a couple of areas where the international regimes for trade and climate change mitigation may potentially clash.Climate Change and International Trade will strongly appeal to undergraduate and graduate students of international and European trade law, international and European environmental law as well as social science academics. NGOs, think tanks, practitioners, researchers, and international organizations will also find plenty of valuable information in this timely resource.Contents: 1. Prologue Part I: Setting the Scene 2. The Climate Change Challenge in the Context of International Trade 3. Environmental Protection and the International Trade System Part II: The Current State of Play 4. Legal and Policy Responses to Climate Change 5. Analyzing the Kyoto Protocol Part III: Moving Forward 6. Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches to Climate Change and Trade 7. Regional Trade Agreements and Climate Change 8. Geoengineering the Climate and Possible Trade Implications 9. Recommendations Bibliography IndexTrade ReviewA seminal work of impressive scholarship, Climate Change and International Trade>/i> is enhanced with an extensive bibliography, figures and charts, and a comprehensive index, making it an invaluable and highly recommended addition to professional, governmental, and academic library environmental studies and international business reference collections and supplemental reading lists. --The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Prologue Part I: Setting the Scene 2. The Climate Change Challenge in the Context of International Trade 3. Environmental Protection and the International Trade System Part II: The Current State of Play 4. Legal and Policy Responses to Climate Change 5. Analyzing the Kyoto Protocol Part III: Moving Forward 6. Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches to Climate Change and Trade 7. Regional Trade Agreements and Climate Change 8. Geoengineering the Climate and Possible Trade Implications 9. Recommendations Bibliography Index
£150.00
