Environmental law, the economy and sustainable development : The United States, the European Union, and the international community / Richard L. Revesz, Philippe Sands and Richard B.Stewart, editors
Imprint
Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2000
Descript
ix, 437p. : tables ; 23 cm
CONTENT
Environmental regulation in federal systems: Federalism and environmental regulation: an overview -- Economic criteria for applying thesubsidiarity principle in European environmental law -- The Political economy of pollution control in a federal system -- Environmental protection and the global trade order -- International trade law and international environmental law: environmental taxes and border tax adjustment in WTO law and EC law -- "Environmental protection and the global trade order": a different perspective -- Choice of environmental policy instruments: Economic incentives for environmental protection: opportunities and obstacles -- Market-based incentives for environmental protection -- Equity and efficiency in global emissions markets -- The Environmental standard-setting process: Institutions for regulating risk -- Science and international environmental policy: the intergovernmental panel on climate change -- International environmental law and sustainable development: Environmental protection in the twenty-first century: sustainable development and international law -- Markets and sustainability