Science-Based Lawmaking

Science-Based Lawmaking

How to Effectively Integrate Science in International Environmental Law

Avgerinopoulou, Dionysia-Theodora

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

09/2020

419

Mole

Inglês

9783030214197

15 a 20 dias

670

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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 Lawmakingand 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.
Environmental protection;Sound science;Plato;Public health;Climate law;Public choice;Ecosystems;Sustainability;Opt-out procedures;Eco-audit;Sea entvironment protection;Environmental legislation;Ocean protection;Environmental lawmaking;Environmental target;Sustainable development;water policy