Green Trade and Fair Trade in and With the Eu - Process-Based Measures Within the Eu Legal Order

Explores labour, environmental, and animal welfare standards for the sale of goods produced abroad from an EU law perspective.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. EU process-based measures; 2. Member state process-based measures as restrictions on the free movement of goods; 3. Extraterritoriality within the free movement of goods; 4. Unilateralism within the free movement of goods; 5. Process-based measures and EU competition law; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Laurens Ankersmit is a lawyer at ClientEarth, Brussels and also teaches EU external relations law at the University of Kent in Brussels. He specialises in the intersection between trade and the environment, having published, taught, and practiced extensively in this area. He is also founder and editor of the European Law Blog, the leading blog on EU law issues.

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the legality of labour, environmental, and animal welfare standards to regulate the sale of goods produced abroad from an EU law perspective. It will appeal to academics, policy makers, activists and practitioners with a particular interest in this field.

Product details

• Authors: Laurens Ankersmit, Laurens Jan Ankersmit
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781107191228
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19122-8
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy; Cambridge Studies in European; Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy; Cambridge Studies in European
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LAW / International, EU (European Union), Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Sale of goods law