Birgit Peters, Prof. Dr., LL.M. (London), University of Trier, Germany, is Professor of Public Law, Public International and European Law. She is co-founder of the SustaiNet network. She has published broadly on European and International (environmental and human rights) Law. She is the author of several books, including Developments in Customary International Law (Brill 2010).Eva Julia Lohse, Prof. Dr., LLM (Kent), University of Bayreuth, Germany, is Professor of Public, European and Comparative Law at this university. She is co-founder of the network SustaiNet and has published broadly on comparative and EU-law aspects of participation and environment.

• Series Editor’s PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Tables and FiguresNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: “Sustainability through Participation? – National, Supranational and International Legal Perspectives”Eva Julia Lohse and Birgit PetersPart 1: Fundamentals1 The Historical PerspectiveBirgit Peters2 Re-imagining Participation in the Anthropocene: The Potential of the Rights of Nature ParadigmPaola Villavicencio-Calzadilla and Louis KotzéPart 2: National Perspectives3 Comparative Administrative Law Perspectives – Europe, Latin-America, AfricaEva Julia Lohse4 Comparative Administrative Law Perspectives: ChinaDaniele BrombalPart 3: The European Union Perspective5 The Scope and Requirements of Public Participation in EU Environmental LawGiacomo Gattinara and Magnus Noll-Ehlers6 Impact of Supranational Concepts of Participation and Sustainability on National Administrative LawCristina Fraenkel-Haeberle7 The Law of Public FinanceMatthias Valta8 State Aid LawJulius Buckler9 Competition LawMatthias UfferPart 4: International Legal Perspectives10 The Human Rights DimensionAngela Schwerdtfeger11 The Case of Biodiversity ProtectionFederica Cittadino and Emma Mitrotta12 Climate Change LawOmondi R. Owino13 The Law of the High SeasVioleta S. Radovich14 The Law of Multilateral Development BanksMichael Riegner15 International Investment LawPaolo TurriniConclusionsMargherita Paola PotoAnnexIndex