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Environmental contracts: Comparative approaches to regulatory innovation in the United States and Europe

Author
Orts E., Deketelaere K.(eds)
Date
2001
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-067318)
Publisher | Place of publication
Kluwer Law International | London, UK
ISBN
90-411-9821-0
Pages
447 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Country/Territory
European Union, United States of America
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Self-regulation Economy and environment Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Comparative analysis
Abstract

Contents: 1. Introduction: Environmental contracts and regulatory innovation 2. Bargaining, politics, and law in environmental regulation 3. Environmental contracts in the United States 4. Is consensus an appropriate basis for regulatory policy?? 5. Understanding project XL: A comparative legal and policy analysis 6. The quest for cooperative environmental management: Lessons from the 3M Hutchinson Project XL in Minnesota 7. Environmental contracts: A Flemish law and economics perspective 8. Legal aspects of environmental agreements in the Netherlands, in particular the Agreement on Packaging and Packaging Waste 9. The use of voluntary agreements in the European Community 's environmental policy 10. Competition law and the use of environmental agreements: The experience in Europe, an example for the United States 11. The law and economics of environmental contracts 12. The new political economy of regulation: Looking for positive sum change in a zero sum world 13. An institutional analysis of environmental voluntary agreements in the United States 14. Voluntary agreements for the environment: Institutional constraints and potential for innovation 15. Environmental voluntary agreements: Participation and free riding 16. Third-party inspection as an alternative to command-and-control regulation 17. Environmental voluntary contracts between individuals and industry: An analysis of consumer preferences for green electricity 18. Your contribution counts! An empirical analysis of the decision to support solar energy