Sustainability Labels in the Shadow of the Law / by Eva van der Zee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zee, Eva van der, author.

Series:

Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, 2214-2045 ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

Trade regulation.

Commercial law.

European Economic Community.

Environmental law, International.

Conflict of laws.

Comparative law.

Sustainability.

International Economic Law, Trade Law.

European Economic Law.

International Environmental Law.

Private International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law.

Local Subjects:

International Economic Law, Trade Law.

European Economic Law.

International Environmental Law.

Private International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law.

Sustainability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2022.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book describes and examines three EU legal frameworks (EU competition law, EU consumer law, and EU fundamental rights law) that may affect the extent to which consumers purchase more sustainably. In doing so, this book goes beyond a rationalist understanding of the interpretation and application of EU law. Rational approaches have severely impacted the interpretation and application of EU law. Practice shows, however, that the implications of using a noncritical application of rationalist approaches in the interpretation and application of EU competition law, EU consumer law, and EU fundamental rights law to sustainability labels may have an inhibiting effect on sustainable consumption. The book offers remedies to overcome this inhibitive effect by critically applying insights from cognitive science and behavioral economics in the legal interpretation and application of EU law.

Contents:

General introduction

Regulatory Structure of Standards Underlying Sustainability Labels

Green Pictograms on EU Foods. A Legal Study informed by Behavioural Science

Legal Limits on Food Labelling Law: Comparative Analysis of the EU and the USA

Disciplining Private Standards under the SPS and TBT Agreement. A Plea for Market-State Procedural Guidelines

Overcoming False Choices and Distorted Decisions. Estimating Human Well-Being under Article 101 TFEU

Conclusion and General Discussion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: van der Zee, Eva Sustainability Labels in the Shadow of the Law

ISBN:

9783030958022