Product details
- Categories: EU LAW, Energy and Environment, Environmental Law
- Publisher: BRUYLANT EDITIONS
- Collection: Collection droit de l'Union Européenne - Manuels
- ISBN: 9782802767862
- Publication Date: 10/03/2021
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 520
- Language: English
Summary
This Handbook of European Environment and Climate Law is the 2nd edition of the work previously titled Handbook of European Environment Law.
It is associated with the Traité de droit européen de l’environnement et du climat and the Manuel de droit européen de l’environnement et du climat,
both in the French language and published in the same collection, and
with which it shares a same structure. The Traité provides a more
in-depth approach, with further historic, policy and caselaw
considerations, and more complete references.
The introduction in
the book’s title of the climate dimension, while it was already quite
present in the previous edition, is testimony to its growing importance
absent a dedicated EU policy and corresponding legislative basis.
Climate
law is covered in its many occurrences along the work, its
specificities noted, and their consequences recognized, especially with
respect to the international background which brings about novel legal
interventions, an upheaval of classical approaches, through the creation
of a new governance for the implementation of the Paris Agreement and
of the resulting EU legislation.
The recurring changes in the
many and diverse environmental legislations are also of course presented
in context, including in light of the growing importance of circular
economy and the proposal of a European Green Deal.
The growing
interference of fundamental rights is henceforth considered: Charter of
Fundamental Rights of the Union, Convention for the Protection of Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, etc. More broadly, the development of
environmental and climate disputes settlement is accounted for beyond
the traditional recourse to the EU judges, in the national courts
including through transnational private litigation, and in international
arbitration.
Table of contents
Foreword
Table of abbreviations
Introduction
BOOK ONE – INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE LAW CHAPTER
CHAPTER I. – Scope of environmental and climate law
CHAPTER II. – Implementation of environment and climate law
CHAPTER III. – Principles in environment and climate law
BOOK TWO – ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE LEGISLATION
PART ONE – RULES APPLICABLE TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AREAS
CHAPTER IV. – Air and atmosphere
CHAPTER V. – Water
CHAPTER VI. – Natural habitats, fauna & flora
PART TWO – OBJECTS HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER VII. – Waste
CHAPTER VIII. – Noise producing equipment and activities
CHAPTER IX. – Hazardous substances and organisms
PART THREE – TRANSVERSAL MEASURES
CHAPTER X. – The so-called “integrated” measures
CHAPTER XI. – Public information and participation
PART FOUR – ECONOMIC AND TAX INSTRUMENTS
CHAPTER XII. – Forced internalisation
CHAPTER XIII. – Voluntary commitments
CHAPTER XIV. – Environmental liability
BOOK THREE – ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE INTEGRATION IN OTHER LEGISLATION
PART I – NON-SECTORIAL RULES
CHAPTER XV. – European internal market
CHAPTER XVI. – Competition rules
PART II – SECTORIAL LEGISLATION
CHAPTER XVII. – Agricultural legislation
CHAPTER XVIII. – Transport legislation
CHAPTER XIX. – Energy legislation
CHAPTER XX. – Action on Human health