Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Law

Part I the overarching framework for environmental governance -- 1. The jurisprudential structure of environmental law / Douglas Fisher -- 2. A normative approach to environmental governance: sustainability at the apex of environmental law / Klaus Bosselmann -- 3. From protection to restoration: a challenge for environmental governance / Afshin Akhtar-Khavari and Anastasia Telesetsky -- 4. Transnational environmental law: the birth of a contemporary analytical perspective / Louis Kotze and Caiphas Soyapi -- 5. Economic approaches to environmental governance: a principled analysis / Michael Faure -- 6. Human rights and the environment: a tale of ambivalence and hope / Anna Grear -- 7. A constitutional human right to a healthy environment / Nicholas Bryner -- 8. Rights of nature: a constructive analysis / Peter Burdon and Claire Williams -- Part II the developing international environmental law regime -- 9. The development of international environmental law by the international court of justice / Tim Stephens -- 10. The structure, form and language of international environmental norms - from absolute to relative normativity / Niko Soininen -- 11. The growing significance of the principle of sustainable development as a legal norm / Jonathan Verschuuren -- 12. The concept of the common heritage of mankind / Prue Taylor -- Part III conceptual approaches to the achievement of environmental goals -- 13. Environmental policy integration: the importance of balance and trade-offs / Jorgen Knudsen and William Lafferty -- 14. The role played by policy objectives in environmental law / Chris McGrath -- 15. The functions of rights of property in environmental law / David Grinlinton -- 16. Environmental impact assessment: 'Setting the law ablaze' / Elizabeth Fisher -- 17. The precautionary principle in environmental governance / Annecoos Wiersema -- 18. The judicial development of ecologically sustainable development / Brian Preston.