Publisher's Synopsis
Addressing law students and professionals, sixteen outstanding lawyers have joined in a project to investigate the core concepts of environmental law in Europe. Insisting that the much disputed command and control model (if adequately reformed) will continue to play a major role even in times of deregulation of the Western and Central European brands? they describe and evaluate the instruments characteristic of that model, such as constitutional requirements of environmental protection, substantive criteria, licensing procedures, monitoring, standard-setting, administrative organization and judicial review. - - In a second part the instruments releasing and framing self-organization of the private actors are discussed, such as negotiation schemes, the organization of the firm, informatory devices, financial incentives, and liability. Considering the ongoing internationalization of national law a third focus is on the framework and the impact on the existing and prospective Member States of European Union Environmental Law. In addition, the legal framework of transboundary environmental effects, in particular of international trade, is presented. The fourth focus of this volume is the transformation of environmental law within two Central European states (Hungary and Poland) in the context of internal constraints, Western experiences and European Union prospects. - -
