"Contents" [2016] ELECD 1361; in Fisher, Douglas (ed), "Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) vii

Book Title: Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Law

Editor(s): Fisher, Douglas

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781784714642

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Contents


List of contributors ix

PART 1 THE OVERARCHING FRAMEWORK FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

1. The jurisprudential structure of environmental law 3
Douglas Fisher
2. A normative approach to environmental governance: sustainability
at the apex of environmental law 22
Klaus Bosselmann
3. From protection to restoration: a challenge for environmental
governance 50
Afshin Akhtar-Khavari and Anastasia Telesetsky
4. Transnational environmental law: the birth of a contemporary
analytical perspective 82
Louis Kotzé and Caiphas Soyapi
5. Economic approaches to environmental governance: a principled
analysis 111
Michael Faure
6. Human rights and the environment: a tale of ambivalence and hope 146
Anna Grear
7. A constitutional human right to a healthy environment 168
Nicholas Bryner
8. Rights of nature: a constructive analysis 196
Peter Burdon and Claire Williams

PART 2 THE DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REGIME

9. The development of international environmental law by the
International Court of Justice 221
Tim Stephens
10. The structure, form and language of international environmental
norms ­ from absolute to relative normativity 248
Niko Soininen

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11. The growing significance of the principle of sustainable
development as a legal norm 276
Jonathan Verschuuren
12. The concept of the common heritage of mankind 306
Prue Taylor

PART 3 CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO THE
ACHIEVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS

13. Environmental policy integration: the importance of balance
and trade-offs 337
Jørgen K. Knudsen and William M. Lafferty
14. The role played by policy objectives in environmental law 369
Chris McGrath
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