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Zusatztext The book represents a step forward in the theory on the nature and functions of the environmental principles communicating complex concepts. ... Therefore the book can strongly be recommended to environmental academics. Informationen zum Autor Nicolas de Sadeleer teaches environmental law at the Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis in Brussels! where he is Director of their Environmental Law Centre! CEDRE. Klappentext Environmental law has always responded to risks posed by industrial society but the new generation of risks have required a new set of environmental principles! emerging from a combination of public fears! science! ethics and established legal practice. This book shows how three of the most important principles of modern environmental law grew out of this new age of ecological risk: the polluter pays principle! the preventive principle and the precautionary principle. The author examines the legal force of these principles and in the process offers a novel theory of norm formation in environmental law by unearthing new grounds of legality. Zusammenfassung This book traces the evolution of environmental principles from their origins as vague political slogans to their embodiment in enforceable laws. In particular it examines three of the most important principles:the polluter pays principles, the preventive principle, and the precautionary principle; and their legal effect at the national, regional, and international levels.
