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Environmental law, the economy, and sustainable development, the United States, the European Union, and the international community, edited by Richard L. Revesz, Philippe Sands, Richard B. Stewart

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Environmental law, the economy, and sustainable development

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edited by Richard L. Revesz, Philippe Sands, Richard B. Stewart

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the United States, the European Union, and the international community

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.--, Provided by publisher

Introduction: environmental regulation in multi-jurisdictional regimes / Richard B. Stewart -- 1. Federalism and environmental regulation: an overview / Richard L. Revesz -- 2. Economic criteria for applying the subsidiarity principle in European environmental law / Roger van den Bergh -- 3. The political economy of pollution control in a federal system / John Ferejohn -- 4. Environmental protection and the global trade order / Frieder Roessler -- 5. International trade law and international environmental law: environmental taxes and border tax adjustment in WTO law and EC law / Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann -- 6. "Environmental protection and the global trade order": a different perspective / Scott Barrett -- 7. Economic incentives for environmental protection: opportunities and obstacles / Richard B. Stewart -- 8. Market-based incentives for environmental protection / Eckard Rehbinder -- 9. Equity and efficiency in global emissions markets / Graciela Chichilnisky -- 10. Institutions for regulating risk / Stephen Breyer and Veerle Heyvaert -- 11. Science and international environmental policy: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / John Houghton -- 12. Environmental protection in the twenty-first century: sustainable development and international law / Philippe Sands -- 13. Markets and sustainability / Geoffrey Heal

Environmental Law, the Economy & Sustainable Development