Environmental Law, the Economy and Sustainable Development - The United States, the European Union and the International Community

Klappentext This book explores topics in contemporary debates over environmental quality! economic growth and sustainable development. Zusammenfassung This book explores a set of topics at the forefront of contemporary debates over the linkages between environmental quality! economic growth and sustainable development. The focus is on topics of interest to the United States! the European Union and the international community. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; Introduction: environmental regulation in multi-jurisdictional regimes Richard B. Stewart; Part I. Environmental Regulation in Federal Systems: 1. Federalism and environmental regulation: an overview Richard L. Revesz; 2. Economic criteria for applying the subsidiarity principle in European environmental law Roger van den Bergh; 3. The political economy of pollution control in a federal system John Ferejohn; Part II. Environmental Regulation and International Trade: 4. Environmental protection and the global trade order Frieder Roessler; 5. International trade law and international environmental law: environmental taxes and border tax adjustment in WTO law and EC law Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann; 6. 'Environmental protection and the global trade order': a different perspective Scott Barrett; Part III. Choice of Environmental Policy Instruments: 7. Economic incentives for environmental protection: opportunities and obstacles Richard B. Stewart; 8. Market-based incentives for environmental protection Eckard Rehbinder; 9. Equity and efficiency in global emissions markets Graciela Chichilnisky; Part IV. The Environmental Standard-Setting Process: 10. Institutions for regulating risk Stephen Breyer and Veerle Heyvaert; 11. Science and international environmental policy: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change John Houghton; Part V. International Environmental Law and Sustainable Development: 12. Environmental protection in the twenty-first century: sustainable development and international law Philippe Sands; 13. Markets and sustainability Geoffrey Heal; Index....

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• Authors: Richard L. Revesz, Richard L. (New York University) Sands Revesz, Richard L. Sands Revesz
• Assisted by: Richard L. Revesz (Editor), Revesz Richard L. (Editor), Philippe Sands (Editor), Sands Philippe (Editor), Richard B. Stewart (Editor), Stewart Richard B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521049009
• ISBN: 978-0-521-04900-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Environmental, Environmental law, Environment law