Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Law

Edited by Douglas Fisher, Emeritus Professor of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

• Contents:PART I INTRODUCTION1 The jurisprudential structure of environmental law 2Douglas Fisher2 A normative approach to environmental governance: sustainability atthe apex of environmental law 23Klaus Bosselmann3 From protection to restoration: a challenge for environmental governance 45Afshin Akhtar-Khavari and Anastasia Telesetsky4 Transnational environmental law: the birth of a contemporary analyticalperspective 71Caiphas B. Soyapi and Louis Kotzé5 Economic approaches to environmental governance: a principled analysis 94Michael Faure6 Human rights and the environment: a tale of ambivalence and hope 123Anna Grear7 A constitutional human right to a healthy environment 141Nicholas Bryner8 Rights of nature: a critique 164Peter Burdon and Claire WilliamsPART II THE DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL LAW REGIME9 The development of international environmental law by theInternational Court of Justice 184Tim Stephens10 The relative normativity of international environmental law 205Niko Soininen and Seita Romppanen11 The principle of sustainable development as a legal norm 228Jonathan Verschuuren12 The concept of the common heritage of mankind 252Prue TaylorPART III CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO THE ACHIEVEMENTOF ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS13 Environmental policy integration: the importance of balance and trade-offs 277Jørgen K. Knudsen and William M. Lafferty14 The role played by policy objectives in environmental law 301Chris McGrath15 The functions of rights of property in environmental law 318David Grinlinton16 Environmental impact assessment: ‘setting the law ablaze’ 339Elizabeth Fisher17 The precautionary principle in environmental governance 361Annecoos Wiersema18 The status of environmental principles in environmental law 381Eloise Scotford19 The conceptual foundations of climate change law 406Benoit Mayer20 The judicial development of ecologically sustainable development 427Brian J. PrestonIndex