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Environmental principles and the evolution of environmental law

Author
Scotford E.
Date
2017
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-092795)
Publisher | Place of publication
Hart Publishing | Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
978-1-84946-297-6
Pages
320 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Environment gen., Legal questions
Keyword
Comprehensive description Governance
Abstract

1. Principles Principles Everywhere: Making Sense of Environmental Principles as Legal Concepts I. Introduction; II. Environmental Principles and Their High Profile in Environmental Law; III. Methodology and Scope; IV. Conclusion; 2. Environmental Principles and Environmental Law I. Introduction; II. Why So Much Principle? III. Limitations in Appraising Environmental Principles Legally; IV. Conclusion; 3. Legal Contours of Environmental Principles Across Jurisdictions; I. Introduction II. Environmental Principles in Public International Law; III. Environmental Principles in EU Law; IV. Environmental Principles in NSW Law; V. Conclusion 4. Environmental Principles in European Union Case Law I. Introduction; II. The Jurisdiction and Institutional Identity of EU Courts: Reasoning with Environmental Principles in EU Legal Culture; III. Policy Cases IV. Interpretive Cases; V. Informing Legal Test Cases: Reviewing the Boundaries and Exercise of EU Environmental Competence; VI. Principle of Sustainable Development; VII. Conclusion; 5. Principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court I. Introduction; II. The NSW Land and Environment Court: III. Mapping the ESD Case Law; IV. Conclusion 6. Conclusions I. Environmental Principles and Doctrinal Evolution; II. Environmental Principles in Environmental Law Scholarship