Research handbook on fundamental concepts of environmental law

Author(s)

• Fisher, D. E. (Douglas Edgar)

Bibliographic Information

Research handbook on fundamental concepts of environmental law

edited by Douglas Fisher

（Research handbooks in environmental law）

Edward Elgar, c2016

• : hard

Note

Includes index (p. 525-546)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The quality and the strength of an environmental legal system is a reflection of the conceptual foundations upon which it is constructed. The Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Law illuminates key aspects of environmental governance through the lens of their underlying dimensions: for example, the form, structure and language of international, regional and national instruments; the function of norms, objectives and standards; and the relevance of economic analysis and of integrated policy formulation. The topical chapters in this timely Handbook include analyses of human rights, constitutional rights, property rights, sustainable development, environmental impact assessment and precaution. Perceptive contributions examine the emerging roles played by various concepts, values and objectives in environmental governance. The nature of these emerging concepts and their relationship with traditional rights and duties, which are typically reactive in nature, is of particular significance. The concepts examined go to the heart of environmental law: the capacity of a system of environmental governance to be judicially recognized and enforced. This insightful Handbook will be a valuable resource for all students and researchers in environmental law and governance. It will be essential reading for policymakers, legal drafters and anyone needing to understand the foundations of the modern environmental legal system.

Table of Contents

Contents PART I THE OVERARCHING FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE 1. The Jurisprudential Structure of Environmental Law Douglas Fisher 2. A Normative Approach to Environmental Governance: Sustainability at the Apex of Environmental Law Klaus Bosselmann 3. From Protection to Restoration: A Challenge for Environmental Governance Afshin Akhtar-Khavari and Anastasia Telesetsky 4. Transnational Environmental Law: The Birth of a Contemporary Analytical Perspective Louis Kotze and Caiphas Soyapi 5. Economic Approaches to Environmental Governance: A Principled Analysis Michael Faure 6. Human Rights and the Environment: A Tale of Ambivalence and Hope Anna Grear 7. A Constitutional Human Right to a Healthy Environment Nicholas Bryner 8. Rights of Nature: A Constructive Analysis Peter Burdon and Claire Williams PART II THE DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REGIME 9. The Development of International Environmental Law by the International Court of Justice Tim Stephens 10. The Structure, Form and Language of International Environmental Norms - From Absolute to Relative Normativity Niko Soininen 11. The Growing Significance of the Principle of Sustainable Development as a Legal Norm Jonathan Verschuuren 12. The Concept of the Common Heritage of Mankind Prue Taylor PART III CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS 13. Environmental Policy Integration: The Importance of Balance and Trade-offs Jorgen K. Knudsen and William M. Lafferty 14. The Role Played by Policy Objectives in Environmental Law Chris McGrath 15. The Functions of Rights of Property in Environmental Law David Grinlinton 16. Environmental Impact Assessment: 'Setting the Law Ablaze' Elizabeth Fisher 17. The Precautionary Principle in Environmental Governance Annecoos Wiersema 18. The Judicial Development of Ecologically Sustainable Development Brian J. Preston Index

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Details

• NCID: BB22650918
• ISBN:
  • 9781784714642
• LCCN: 2016942184
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cheltenham, UK
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 546 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB14714185