Implementing EU Pollution Control

Law and Integration

AvBettina Lange

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

Del i serien Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy

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Beskrivning

Through a detailed analysis this book examines the role of law in European Union integration processes through the implementation of the EU Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control at European Level and in the UK and Germany. The book questions traditional conceptions which perceive law as the 'formal law in the books', as instrumental and as relatively autonomous in relation to its social contexts. The book also discusses in depth how the key legal obligation on the Directive, to employ 'the best available techniques', is actually implemented. This research locates the analysis of the implementation of the IPPC Directive in the wider context of current, cutting-edge political science and sociology of law debates about the role of law in EU integration processes, the nature of EU law, new modes of governance and the significance of 'law in action' for understanding legal process.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-04-17
Mått:158 x 234 x 25 mm
Vikt:678 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521883986

Utforska kategorier

Internationella relationer inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Bettina Lange is a Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, Keele University.

Recensioner i media

'Even for those without interests in EU integration or legal theory, this is a fascinating study. … I have no doubt that this is an important contribution both to the literature on law and EU integration, law and new forms of governance and to environmental law. It is methodologically rigorous, with the qualitative empirical data being deftly deployed. Throughout the work … there is a clarity, and a lightness of touch to the writing. … It has enriched my appreciation of legal scholarship and as a student of environmental law I have gained from it enormously. It is scholarship of the highest order and it should be read widely beyond the academy, not least by policy makers and regulators who would as a result, be better informed about why the IPPC Directive appears to be so ineffective, at least for existing installations.' Journal of Environmental Law

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction; 2. Traditional Perspectives on the role of law in EU integration; 3. Critical Perspectives on the role of law in EU integration; 4. What is EU 'law in action'?; 5. Talking interests – generating procedure: How political discourse constructs key aspects of BAT determinations in BREFs; 6. Variation in open and closed BAT norms; 7. What does it cost? Economic discourse in the determination of 'the best available techniques' under the IPPC Directive; 8. Does 'law' integrate? Licensing German and English coke ovens under the IPPC Directive; 9. Conclusion.