	Environmental Law, the Economy and Sustainable Development. The US, EU and Int Community
	Order Code: CB058U ISBN Number: 9780521049009 Publisher: Cambridge University Press No. of Pages: 447 Date of Publication: 2008 Price: £39.99
This book provides a comparative analysis of environmental regulation in multi-jurisdictional legal and political systems, focusing on the United States, the European Union, and the international community. Each of these systems must deal with environmental interdependencies that cross local borders. Some transjurisdictional environmental problems are global, including stratospheric ozone depletion, climate change and the loss of biodiversity. Other environmental problems, however, are localized in their effect on health and the environment: for example, municipal waste disposal, many forms of pollution and resource development, and drinking water quality. These varying jurisdictional and environmental circumstances pose the central question of how responsibility for addressing different environmental problems should be allocated among the different levels of decision making and implementation in a multi-jurisdictional system. Distinguished and diverse set of contributors Interdisciplinary focus Cross-national perspectives Contents List of contributors; Introduction: environmental regulation in multi-jurisdictional regimes; Part I. Environmental Regulation in Federal Systems: Federalism and environmental regulation: an overview Economic criteria for applying the subsidiarity principle in European environmental law The political economy of pollution control in a federal system Part II. Environmental Regulation and International Trade: Environmental protection and the global trade order International trade law and international environmental law: environmental taxes and border tax adjustment in WTO law and EC law Environmental protection and the global trade order': a different perspective Part III. Choice of Environmental Policy Instruments: Economic incentives for environmental protection: opportunities and obstacles Market-based incentives for environmental protection Equity and efficiency in global emissions markets Part IV. The Environmental Standard-Setting Process: Institutions for regulating risk Science and international environmental policy: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Part V. International Environmental Law and Sustainable Development: Environmental protection in the twenty-first century: sustainable development and international law Markets and sustainability Index



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