Science-based lawmaking : how to effectively integrate science in international environmental law /: how to effectively integrate science in international environmental law. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dionysi-Theodora Avgerinopoulou.
• Authors: Avgerinopoulou, Dionysia-Theodora
• Contents: 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. -- I. Pathology of international environmental law: Fragmentation of science, international environmental law, and international institutions -- Causes of pathology. -- 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. -- 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 conditions. -- 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. -- V. Towards a comprehensive science-based lawmaking model: Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 419 pages)
• Subjects: 344.04/6; Environmental law, International; Science and law
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030214173; 3030214176
• Related ISBNs: 3030214168; 9783030214166
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource (SpringerLink, viewed October 7, 2019).
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