Science-Based Lawmaking How to Effectively Integrate Science in International Environmental Law /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Avgerinopoulou, Dionysia-Theodora (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: International environmental law.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental sciences.; International law.; Environmental management.; Political science.; International Environmental Law.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Philosophy of Law.

The Book takes the approach of a critique of the prevailing international environmental law-making processes and their systemic shortcomings. It aims to partly redesign the current international environmental law-making system in order to promote further legislation and more effectively protect the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: Is Contemporary International Environmental Law Based on Science?
• Historical Background: What Are the Lessons Learnt from the Past and What Remains To Be Answered
• Part I
• Pathology of International Environmental Law
• Fragmentation of Science, International Environmental Law, and International Institutions
• Causes of Pathology
• Part II
• Normative Powers of the International Institutions with Environmental Competence
• Contemporary Lawmaking Processes and Progressive Lawmaking Processes That Bind the States Without Unanimous Vote
• Progressive Lawmaking Procedures in the Framework of International Institutions with Environmental Competence
• Normative Powers of Expert Bodies as Variables for Effective Environmental Governance
• Additional Theoretical Legal Bases for the Integration of Science in International Environmental Law Without Any Constitutional or Procedural Amendment
• Part III
• Democratic Governance and Public Accountability as Limitations to the Science-Based Lawmaking Model
• The Inherent Limits of the Science-Based Lawmaking Model
• Criticism Against the Delegation of Lawmaking Powers to Experts Based Upon Democratic Considerations
• Part IV
• "To Unite the Political Power with the Wisdom. . .": The Decision-Making Model That Accepts Expertise as a Basis of Legitimacy
• Why Would States Obey Rules Issued by Expert Bodies?
• Science Expertise as a Legitimacy Basis for Lawmaking and Additional Bases of Legitimacy
• A New Modus Operandi for the International Institutions with Environmental Competence
• Part V
• Towards a Comprehensive Science-Based Lawmaking Model
• Conclusion.