This series publishes foundational monographs of general interest to academics and practitioners within the broadly defined field of sustainable development policy. It includes studies spanning law, economics, politics, history, and policy. Each volume offers deep insights into critical topics, providing valuable knowledge for those engaged with environmental and natural resource governance.
Examining how judges evaluate scientific knowledge when framing disputes, hearing evidence, conducting causal inquiry, and setting the standard of review, Sulyok provides a comparative analysis of environmental case-law across major international courts. This work also suggests reasoning styles with which judges can legitimately justify decisions.
This book will be of interest to students of transnational law, climate change law and policy, environmental policy, and urban policy. Written in an engaging manner, it offers novel insights on how cities are beginning to play a meaningful role in climate change law and transnational governance more broadly.
The book explores how global cities play a pivotal role in shaping laws and policies related to transnational climate change governance. It systematically examines the influence and actions of urban centers in addressing climate issues, highlighting their significance as lawmakers and decision-makers in the global arena. Through detailed analysis, it reveals the innovative approaches cities are taking to combat climate change and the implications of their involvement for international governance.
This book applies theories of energy market regulation to Central Asia - a region that faces considerable energy security challenges. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, the book examines how institutions constrain legal reforms. In addition, the geopolitics of energy in the region help explain limits to the role of energy law.
Challenges prescriptive models of international negotiation and examines international negotiations from a novel, relational international law perspective. This work should be read by academics and practitioners of international law and negotiations, officials of international organizations, and those interested in international law and relations.
This volume presents a dialogue on the relevance of multi-disciplinary research and offers a look at why science and technology cannot alone meet the needs of energy policy making. This work should be read by anyone interested in understanding how multidisciplinary research and collaboration is essential to crafting good energy policy.