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Zusatztext Environmental Principles is a tour de force! a showpiece of legal as well as contextual analysis! a constant proof of the author's sharp intellect! a reference book. I would unreservedly recommend acquisition. And not just by lawyers. 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. He was awarded a PhD with distinction in 1998 by Saint-Louis for his work on the application of environmental law principles to positive law. An updated version of the thesis was published in November 1999 in Belgium and Paris (Les principes du pollueur-payeur! de prévention et deprécaution! Brussels! Bruylant/ Paris! AUF! 1999! 437 pp.). He is a guest lecturer in Université catholique de Louvain.He is also a member of the IUCN and sits on the board of Environment Law Network International. 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 title traces the evolution of environmental principles from their origins as vague political slogans to their embodiment in enforceable laws. It examines three principles: the polluter pays principle, the preventive principle and the precautionary principle, and their legal effect at the national, regional, and international levels....
