International energy governance : selected legal issues / Rafael Leal-Arcas, Andrew Filis, Ehab S. Abu Gosh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leal-Arcas, Rafael, author.

Filis, Andrew, author.

Abu Gosh, Ehab S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy industries--Management.

Energy industries.

Energy industries--Law and legislation.

Energy development--Law and legislation.

Energy development.

Energy security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (572 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The legal aspects at the junction of interstate energy cooperation have become increasingly important in a world that is hungry for energy security. This book focuses on selected legal issues relating to international energy governance. International law as it stands today is not well equipped to handle international energy governance issues fully. This legal deficiency affects energy security negatively. If the currently fragmented and multi-layered international energy governance regime were streamlined for greater legal cohesiveness and international political and economic cooperation, it w

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Summary of contents; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I Interstate energy governance: selected legal issues from trade, environment and law of the sea; 1. A fragmented global energy governance; 2. Energy as a special sector in the World Trade Organization; 3. Trade, environment, and energy: implications for the conservation of oil resources; 4. Energy and law of the sea: Eastern Mediterranean Basin scenarios; PART II EU energy governance: selected legal aspects; 5. EU energy security

6. The EU and its systemic relationship to the Energy Community and the Energy Charter TreatyPART III Renewable energy in the WTO and EU: selected legal aspects; 7. Renewable energy in the World Trade Organization; 8. Renewable energy in the European Union; PART IV Looking forward: bridging the policy objectives of energy, trade, and environment; 9. Sustainable development and mega-regionals: the TTIP and TPP; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78471-150-0