Sustainability and law: general and specific aspects
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Main Objectives -- 2 Main Themes -- 3 Structure -- 4 Issues Assessed Within the Thirty-Four Chapters -- 4.1 Issues Related to General Aspects -- 4.2 Issues Related to Specific Aspects -- References -- Part I: General Aspects: Basics of a Sustainable Development Law -- Sustainable Development Law in (Only) One World: Challenges and Perspectives for Governance and Governments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Framework and Methodology -- 3 Findings and Discussions -- 3.1 Substantial Inter-national and Intra-national Fine-Tuning -- 3.2 Organizations and ``Policy/Instrument Mixes´´ -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Designing Law for Sustainability -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Historical and Theoretical Roots of Sustainability -- 3 The Ecological Core of Sustainability -- 4 Why Regulation for Sustainability Is Needed? -- 5 How to Design a Regulatory System for Sustainability? -- 5.1 Beyond Reductionism -- 5.2 Beyond Anthropocentrism -- 5.3 Beyond Positivism -- 5.4 Beyond Short-Termism -- 5.5 Beyond Deregulation -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- The Laws of Sustainable Development -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Principle of Sustainable Development -- 3 National Sovereignty Over Natural Resources -- 3.1 Territory, Sovereignty, and ``The Global Commons´´ -- 3.2 Territory, Jurisdiction and Environmental Policy -- 3.3 Environmental Damage in One State Affecting the Territory of Another State -- 3.4 Damage to the ``Global Commons´´ -- 3.5 Environment and Ethics -- 3.6 Environmental Damage Purely Situated Outside a State´s Territory -- 3.7 Conclusion -- 4 The Principle of Preventive Action and the Precautionary Principle -- 5 The Polluter Pays Principle -- 6 Common But Differentiated Responsibility -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Reducing the European Union´s Environmental Footprint Through `Territorial Extension´.