Contents:
Volume I
Environmental and Energy Law as a Field of Research: A Structural
Overview
Jorge E. Viñuales and Emma Lees
PART I HISTORY, PRINCIPLES, SOURCES AND PROSPECTS
1. Jorge E. Viñuales (2015), ‘The Rio Declaration on Environment
and Development: Preliminary Study’ in J. E. Viñuales (ed.), The
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. A Commentary,
Chapter 1, New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press, 1–64
2. Edith Brown Weiss (1984), ‘The Planetary Trust: Conservation and
Intergenerational Equity’, Ecology Law Quarterly, 11 (4), March,
495–581
3. Pierre-Marie Dupuy (2007), ‘Formation of Customary International
Law and General Principles', in Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée and
Ellen Hey (eds.), Oxford Handbook of International Environmental
Law, Chapter 19, New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press,
449–66
4. Arie Trouwborst (2007), ‘The Precautionary Principles in General
International Law: Combating the Babylonian Confusion’, Review of
European, Comparative and International Environmental Law, 16 (2),
July, 185–95
5. Jutta Brunnée (2002), ‘COPing with Consent: Law-Making Under
Multilateral Environmental Agreements’, Leiden Journal of
International Law, 15 (1), March, 1–52
6. Adrian J. Bradbrook (1996), ‘Energy Law as an Academic
Discipline’, Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law, 14 (2),
May 193–217
7. Francesco Francioni (2012), ‘Realism, Utopia and the Future of
International Environment Law’, in Antonio Cassese (ed.), Realizing
Utopia: The Future of International Law, Chapter 34, Oxford, UK:
Oxford University Press, 442–60
PART II SUBSTANTIVE REGULATION
A Hydrosphere: Oceans, Seas and Freshwater
8. Catherine Redgwell (2006), ‘From Permission to Probition: the
1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea and Protection of the Marine
Environment’, in David Freestone, Richard Barnes and David Ong
(eds), The Law of the Sea: Progress and Prospects, Chapter 10, New
York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press, 180–91
9. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (2009), ‘Freshwater and
International Law: The Interplay between Universal, Regional and
Basin Perspectives’, The United Nations World Water Development
Report 3: Water in a Changing World, Paris, France: UNESCO,
1–10
B Atmosphere: Ozone Depletion and Climate Change
10. Dale S. Bryk (1991), ‘The Montreal Protocol and Recent
Developments to Protect the Ozone Layer’, Harvard Environmental Law
Review, 15 (1), 275–98
11. Daniel Bodanksy (2016), ‘The Paris Climate Change Agreement: A
New Hope?’, American Journal of International Law, 110 (2), April,
288–319
C Biosphere: Species, Spaces and Biodiversity
12. Michael Bowman, Peter Davies and Catherine Redgwell (2010),
‘The Historical Evolution of International Wildlife Law’, in
Lyster’s International Wildlife Law, Chapter 1, Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press, 3–23
13. Elisa Morgera and Elsa Tsioumani (2010), ‘Yesterday, Today, and
Tomorrow: Looking Afresh at the Convention on Biological
Diversity’, Yearbook of International Environmental Law, 21 (1),
3–40
D Dangerous Substances and Activities
14. Katherine Kumer Peiry (2014), ‘The Chemicals and Waste Regime
as a Basis for a Comprehensive International Framework on
Sustainable Management of Potentially Hazardous Materials?’, Review
of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law,
Special Issue: International and European Chemicals Regulation, 23
(2), July, 172–80
15. Peter L. Lallas (2001), ‘The Stockholm Convention on Persistent
Organic Pollutants’, American Journal of International Law, 95 (3),
July, 692–708
E Energy: Fossil, Nuclear and Renewable
16. Catherine Redgwell (2007), ‘International Regulation of Energy
Activities’, in Martha Roggenkamp, Catherine Redgwell, Anita Rønne
and Iñigo del Guayo (eds), Energy Law in Europe: National, EU and
International Regulation, Chapter 2, New York, NY, USA: Oxford
University Press, 13–144
17. David M. Ong (1999), ‘Joint Development of Common Offshore Oil
and Gas Deposits: “Mere” State Practice or Customary International
Law?’, American Journal of International Law, 93 (4), October,
771–804
18. Günther Handl (2003), ‘The IAEA Nuclear Safety Conventions: An
Example of Successful “Treaty Management”?’, Nuclear Law Bulletin,
72, 7–27
19. Stuart Bruce (2013), ‘International Law and Renewable Energy:
Facilitating Sustainable Energy for All?’, Melbourne Journal of
International Law, 14 (1), June, 18–53
PART III IMPLEMENTATION
20. Lavanya Rajamani (2013), ‘Differentiation in the Emerging
Climate Change Regime’, Theoretical Inquiries in Law, 14 (1),
January, 151–71
21. Xue Hanquin (2003), ‘Introduction’, in Transboundary Damage in
International Law, Chapter 1, New York, NY, USA: Cambridge
University Press, 1–16
22. Malgosia Fitzmaurice (2013), ‘The International Court of
Justice and International Environmental Law’, in Christian J. Tams
and James Sloan (eds), The Development of International Law by the
International Court of Justice, Chapter 12, New York, NY, USA:
Oxford University Press, 353–74
PART IV MAJOR DEBATES AND APPROACHES
23. Jorge E. Viñuales (2013), ‘The Rise and Fall of Sustainable
Development’, Review of European, Comparative and International
Environmental Law, 22 (1), April, 3–13
24. Alan Boyle (2012), ‘Human Rights and the Environment: Where
Next?’, European Journal of International Law, 23 (3), August,
613–42
25. Michael Bothe, Carl Bruch, Jordan Diamond and David Jensen
(2010), ‘International Law Protecting the Environment During Armed
Conflict: Gaps and Opportunities’, International Review of the Red
Cross, 92 (879), September, 569–92
26. Mark Wu and James Salzman (2014), ‘The Next Generation of Trade
and Environment Conflicts: The Rise of Green Industrial Policy’,
Northwestern University Law Review, 108 (2), 401–74
27. Jorge E. Viñuales (2009/2010), ‘Foreign Investment and the
Environment in International Law: An Ambiguous Relationship’,
British Yearbook of International Law, 80 (1), 244–332
Volume II
An introduction by the editors appears in Volume I
PART I COMPETENCE AND PRINCIPLES
1. Hans Vedder (2010), ‘The Treaty of Lisbon and European
Environmental Law and Policy’, Journal of Environmental Law, 22
(2), 285–99
2. Angus Johnston and Eva van der Marel (2013), ‘Ad Lucem?
Interpreting the New EU Energy Provision, and in particular the
Meaning of Article 194(2) TFEU’, European Energy and Environmental
Law Review, 22 (5), October, 181–99
3. Nicolas De Sadeleer (2009), ‘The Precautionary Principle as a
Device for Greater Environmental Protection: Lessons from EC
Courts’, Review of European, Comparative and International
Environmental Law, 18 (1), April, 3-10
4. Astrid Epiney (2006), ‘Environmental Principles’, in Richard
Macrory (ed), Reflections on 30 Years of EU Environmental Law: a
High Level of Protection, Groningen, the Netherlands: Europa Law
Publishing, 17–39
5. Wiek Schrage, Keith Bull and Albena Karadjova (2007),
‘Environmental Legal Instruments in the UNECE Region’, Yearbook of
International Environmental Law, 18 (1), 3–31
PART II SECTOR SPECIFIC REGULATION
A Water
6. William Howarth (2009), ‘Aspirations and Realities under the
Water Framework Directive: Proceduralisation, Participation and
Practicalities’, Journal of Environmental Law, 21 (3), 391–417
7. Henrik Josefsson and Lasse Baaner (2011), ‘The Water Framework
Directive – A Directive for the Twenty-First Century?’, Journal of
Environmental Law, 23 (3), November, 463–86
8. Attila Tanzi (2010), ‘Reducing the Gap between International
Water Law and Human Rights Law: the UNECE Protocol on Water and
Health’, International Community Law Review, 12 (3), 267–85
B Conservation
9. Ludwig Krämer (2015), ‘Implementation and Enforcement of the
Habitats Directive’, in Charles-Hubert Born, An Cliquet, Hendrik
Schoukens, Delphine Misonne and Geert Van Hoorick (eds), The
Habitats Directive in its EU Environmental Law Context: European
Nature’s Best Hope, Chapter 13, Abingdon, UK and New York, NY, USA:
Routledge, 229–44
10. Carolina Lasén Díaz (2010), ‘The Bern Convention: 30 Years of
Nature Conservation in Europe’, Review of European, Comparative and
International Environmental Law, 19 (2), July, 185–96
C Chemicals and Waste
11. Elen Stokes and Steven Vaughan (2013), ‘Great Expectations:
Reviewing 50 Years of Chemicals Legislation in the EU’, Journal of
Environmental Law, Special Issue: ‘Environmental Law: Looking
Backwards, Looking Forwards’, 25 (3), November, 411–35
12. Eloise Scotford (2007), ‘Trash or Treasure: Policy Tensions in
EC Waste Regulation’, Journal of Environmental Law, 19 (3),
367–88
13. Hazel Ann Nash (2009), ‘The Revised Directive on Waste:
Resolving Legislative Tensions in Waste Management?’, Journal of
Environmental Law, 21 (1), 139–49
D Air Quality
14. Mark Wilde (2010), ‘The New Directive on Ambient Air Quality
and Cleaner Air for Europe’, Environmental Law Review, 12 (4),
282–90
E Climate Change
15. Gerd Winter (2010), ‘The Climate is No Commodity: Taking Stock
of the Emissions Trading System’, Journal of Environmental Law, 22
(1), 1–25
16. Josephine A. W. van Zeben (2009), ‘The European Emissions
Trading Scheme Case Law’, Review of European, Comparative and
International Environmental Law, 18 (2), July, 119–28
F Energy
17. Leigh Hancher, Piet Jan Slot, Bram Delvaux and Geert van
Calster (2007), ‘EU Energy Law’, in Martha Roggenkamp, Catherine
Redgwell, Anita Rønne and Iñigo del Guayo (eds), Energy Law in
Europe: National, EU and International Regulation, Chapter 6, New
York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press, 225–392
18. Kim Talus (2013), ‘From State to Market and Back’, in EU Energy
Law and Policy: A Critical Account, Chapter 7, New York, NY, USA:
Oxford University Press, 269–86
19. Sirja–Leena Penttinen and Kim Talus (2015), ‘Development of
Sustainability Aspects in EU Energy Law’, in Geert Van Calster, Wim
Vandenberghe and Leonie Reins (eds), Research Handbook in Climate
Change Mitigation Law, Chapter 2, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton,
MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 33–50
20. Sanja Bogojević (2009), ‘Ending the Honeymoon: Deconstructing
Emissions Trading Discourses’, Journal of Environmental Law, 21
(3), 443–68
PART III TRANSVERSAL REGULATION
A Access to Information
21. Ludwig Krämer (2015), ‘The Aarhus Convention and the European
Union’ in Charles Banner (ed.), The Aarhus Convention: A Guide for
UK Lawyers, Chapter 5, Abingdon, UK: Hart Publishing, 79–95
B Environmental Impact Assessment
22. Ludwig Krämer (2007), ‘The Development of Environmental
Assessments at the Level of the European Union’, in Jane Holder and
Donald McGillivray (eds), Taking Stock of Environmental Assessment.
Law, Policy and Practice, Chapter 5, Abingdon, UK and New York, NY,
USA: Routledge, 131–48
23. Simon Marsden (2011), ‘The Espoo Convention and Strategic
Environmental Assessment Protocol in the European Union:
Implementation, Compliance, Enforcement and Reform’, Review of
European, Comparative and International Environmental Law, 20 (3),
November, 267–76
C Taxation
24. Kurt Deketelaere (1999), ‘The Use of Fiscal Instruments in
European Environmental Policy: Review Essay’, Energy and
Environment, 10 (2), 181–207
25. David A. Weisbach (2012), ‘Carbon Taxation in the EU: Expanding
the EU Carbon Price’, Journal of Environmental Law, 24 (2), July,
183–206
D Liability
26. Edward Brans (2013), ‘Fundamentals of Liability for
Environmental Harm in the ELD’, in Lucas Bergkamp and Barbara J.
Goldsmith (eds), The EU Environmental Liability Directive: A
Commentary, Chapter 2, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press,
31–50
27. Gerd Winter, Jan H. Jans, Richard Macrory and Ludwig Krämer
(2008), ‘Weighing up the EC Environmental Liability Directive’,
Journal of Environmental Law, 20 (2), 163–91
28. Maria Lee (2009), ‘”New” Environmental Liabilities: The Purpose
and Scope of the Contaminated Land Regime and the Environmental
Liability Directive’, Environmental Law Review, 11 (4), December,
264–78
E Enforcement and the Role of the Courts
29. Elizabeth Fisher (2001), ‘Is the Precautionary Principle
Justiciable?’, Journal of Environmental Law, 13 (3), 315–34
30. Emma Lees (2015), ‘Identification of the Cause of Uncertainty:
The Regulatory Culture’ in Interpreting Environmental Offences: The
Need for Certainty, Chapter 6, Oxford, UK and Portland, Oregon,
USA: Hart Publishing, 103–38
31. Simon Marsden (2011), ‘Invoking Direct Application and Effect
of International Treaties by the European Court of Justice:
Implications for International Environmental Law in the European
Union’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 60 (3), July,
737–57
32. Kim Talus (2007), ‘Role of the European Court of Justice in the
Opening of Energy Markets’, ERA Forum, 8 (3), September, 435–48
PART VI DEBATES AND APPROACHES
33. Helle Tegner Anker, Kars de Graaf, Ray Purdy and Lorenzo
Squintani (2015), ‘Coping with EU Environmental Legislation –
Transposition Principles and Practices’, Journal of Environmental
Law, 27 (1), March, 17–44
34. Joanne Scott (2009), ‘From Brussels with Love: The
Transatlantic Travels of European Law and the Chemistry of
Regulatory Attraction’, American Journal of Comparative Law, 57
(4), Fall, 897–942
35. Sebastian Mielke (2013), ‘Regulating in Thin Air:
Nanotechnology Regulation in the European Union’, Review of
European, Comparative and International Environmental Law, Special
Issue: Global and European Regulation of Nanotechnologies, 22 (2),
July, 146–54
Volume III
An introduction by the editors appears in Volume I
PART I TRANSNATIONAL DIMENSIONS
1. Veerle Heyvaert (2013), ‘Regulatory Competition – Accounting for
the Transnational Dimension of Environmental Regulation’, Journal
of Environmental Law, 25 (1), March, 1–31
2. Kim Talus, Scott Looper and Steven Otillar (2012), ‘Lex Petrolea
and Internationalisation of Petroleum Agreements: Focus on Host
Government Contracts’, Journal of World Energy Law and Business, 5
(3), September, 181–93
PART II COMPARATIVE DIMENSIONS
3. Nicholas A. Robinson (1992), ‘International Trends in
Environmental Impact Assessment’, Boston College Environmental
Affairs Law Review, 19 (3), 591–621
4. Ben Boer (1999), ‘The Rise of Environmental Law in The Asian
Region’, University of Richmond Law Review, 32, 1503–53
5. Michiel A. Heldeweg, Rene J. G. H. Seerden and Kurt R.
Deketelaere (2004), ‘Public Environmental Law in Europe: A
Comparative Search for a IUS Commune’, European Environmental Law
Review, 13 (3), March, 78–89
6. Lord Justice Carnwath (2004), ‘Judicial Protection of the
Environment: At Home and Abroad’, Journal of Environmental Law, 16
(3), 315–27
7. Helle Tegner Anker, Ole Kristian Fauchald, Annika Nilsson and
Leila Suvantola (2009), ‘The Role of Courts in Environmental Law –
A Nordic Comparative Study’, Nordic Environmental Law Journal, 23
(3), 9–33
8. Neil Gunningham (2011), ‘Enforcing Environmental Regulation’,
Journal of Environmental Law, 23 (2), July, 169–201
9. Emma Lees (2016), ‘The Polluter Pays Principle and the
Remediation of the Land’, International Journal of Law in the Built
Environment, 8 (1), 2–20
10. Richard L. Ottinger (2006), ‘Legal Frameworks for Energy for
Sustainable Development’, in Adrian J. Bradbrook, Rosemary Lyster,
Richard L. Ottinger and Wang Xi (eds), The Law of Energy for
Sustainable Development, Chapter 7, New York, NY, USA: Cambridge
University Press, 103–23
11. Catherine Redgwell, Martha Roggenkamp, Anita Rønne and Iñigo
del Guayo (2007), ‘Energy Law in Europe: Comparisons and
Conclusions’, in Catherine Redgwell, Martha Roggenkamp, Anita Rønne
and Iñigo del Guayo (eds), Energy Law in Europe: National, EU and
International Regulation, Chapter 16, New York, NY, USA: Oxford
University Press, 1265–358
PART III NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES (SELECTED QUESTIONS)
12. Ben Boer (1992), ‘World Heritage Disputes in Australia’,
Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, 7, 247–79
13. Jan Glazewski (1999), ‘Environmental Justice and the New South
African Democratic Legal Order’, Acta Juridica, 1–35
14. M. K. Ramesh (2002), ‘Environmental Justice: Courts and
Beyond’, Indian Journal of Environmental Law, 3 (1), June,
20–37
15. Richard Macrory (2008), ‘New Approaches to Regulatory
Sanctions’, Environmental Law and Management, 20, 210–14
16. Colin T. Reid (2011), ‘The Privatisation of Biodiversity?
Possible New Approaches to Nature Conservation Law in the UK’,
Journal of Environmental Law, 23 (2), July, 203–31
17. Richard Lazarus (2012), ‘The National Environmental Policy Act
in the U.S. Supreme Court: A Reappraisal and A Peek Behind the
Curtains’, Georgetown Law Journal, 100, 1507–86
18. Gerd Winter (2013), ‘The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Energy Use in
Germany: Processes, Explanations and the Role of Law’, Journal of
Environmental Law, 25 (1), March, 95–124
19. Alex L. Wang (2013), ‘The Search for Sustainable Legitimacy:
Environmental Law and Bureaucracy in China’, Harvard Environmental
Law Review, 37, 365–440
PART VI DEBATES AND APPROACHES
20. Richard B. Stewart (1992), ‘Environmental Regulation and
International Competitiveness’, Yale Law Journal, 102 (8),
2039–106
21. Peter Cane (2001), ‘Are Environmental Harms Special?’, Journal
of Environmental Law, 13 (1), 3–20
22. Jody Freeman and Daniel A. Farber (2005), ‘Modular
Environmental Regulation’, Duke Law Journal, 54 (4), February,
795–902
23. Elizabeth Fisher, Bettina Lange, Eloise Scotford and Cinnamon
Carlarne (2009), ‘Maturity and Methodology: Starting a Debate about
Environmental Law Scholarship’, Journal of Environmental Law, 21
(2), 213–50
24. Ole W. Pederson (2013), ‘Modest Pragmatic Lessons for a Diverse
and Incoherent Environmental Law’, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies,
33 (1), Spring, 103–31
Index
Edited by Jorge E. Viñuales Harold Samuel Professor of Law and Environmental Policy, University of Cambridge and Emma Lees, University Lecturer in Environmental and Property Law and Deputy Director, Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG), University of Cambridge, UK
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