EU environmental legislation : legal perspectives on regulatory strategies / edited by Marjan Peeters, Rosa Uylenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peeters, Marjan, editor.

Uylenberg, Rosa, editor.

Series:

New horizons in environmental and energy law.

New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law--European Union countries.

Environmental law.

Environmental policy--Economic aspects--European Union countries.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; New York, [New York] : Edward Elgar, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'EU environmental law is now a dominant source of influence in the development and application of environmental law and policy in most Member States. This important new study provides a fresh appraisal of the changing nature of EU environmental legislation, and the tensions between discretion and goals. Above all it tackles the difficult questions of the appropriate role and design of law in tackling current and future environmental challenges. It should be required reading byall those concerned with the future of environmental law, both within Europe and elsewhere, and the authors are to be c

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; PART I Introduction; 1. Aim and structure of this book; PART II Cross-cutting issues; 2. The governance approach in European Union environmental directives and its consequences for flexibility, effectiveness and legitimacy; 3. The emergence of the Framework Directive in EU environmental policy: An exploration of its function and characteristics; 4. Seeking coherence among environmental directives; PART III Specific regulatory choices; 5. Limits to integration in pollution prevention and control

6. Everything according to plan? Achieving environmental quality standards by a programmatic approach7. Obligations of result or best efforts: Dealing with problems of interpretation; 8. Instrument mix or instrument mess? The administrative complexity of the EU legislative package for climate change; 9. In search of a European legislative approach to adaptation to climate change; 10. Regulating uncertain risks of new technologies: Nanomaterials as a challenge for the regulator; PART IV Conclusion; 11. Concluding observations: Three core themes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78195-477-1