Policy Instruments in Environmental Law

Edited by Kenneth R. Richards, Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, US and Josephine van Zeben, Chair of Transnational Law, Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Italy

'This is an impressive book, edited and written by many leading colleagues in the field internationally. It reflects upon the wide variety of policy instruments governments nowadays have at their disposal to develop and implement environmental, energy, climate and sustainability policies. Their work shows that many governments still have not managed to get their act together on this. This volume will therefore be a beacon of light in the dark.'--Kurt Deketelaere, KU Leuven, Belgium'In this important volume, the editors - Kenneth Richards and Josephine van Zeben - have assembled an impressive set of entries that provide a remarkably comprehensive description and assessment of the diverse set of policy instruments which can be used by governments to achieve their environmental objectives in the face of market failures.'--Robert N. Stavins, Harvard University, US

• Contents:Foreword to the EncyclopediaForeword to Volume VIIIIntroduction to Volume VIII: Instruments for environmental policyKenneth R. Richards and Josephine Van ZebenPART 1 - General Issues in Environmental Policy Instruments1. Governmental environmental action: legal bases And restraints Josephine Van Zeben2. Beyond compliance costs: comparing the total costs of alternative regulatory instrumentsDaniel H. Cole and Peter Z. Grossman3. Public and private interactions in global environmental governanceOrr Karassin and Oren Perez4. Distributional concerns in environmental policy instrumentsSuryapratim Roy5. Monitoring, enforcement, and the choice of environmental policy instrumentsMark A. Cohen and Jay P. Shimshack6. Designing public participation in the policy process: a critical review of procedural instrument theoryMichael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee7. Politics and policy instrument choiceRichard C. Feiock and Hongtao Yi8. Behavioural instruments in environmental regulationArden Rowell9. Transaction costs considerations in instrument choice, design and implementationLaura M.J. McCannPART 2 - Examining the Environmental Policy Instruments10. The range of policy instrumentsKenneth R. RichardsInstruments to Change Behavior11. Explaining the persistence of ‘command-and-control’ in US environmental lawDaniel H. Cole12. Environmental taxesJanet E. Milne13. Prices versus quantitiesShi-Ling Hsu14. Subsidies and the environmentTracey M. Roberts15. Public and private procurement in environmental governanceSarah E. Light and Eric W. Orts16. The role of tort law in environmental and public health governanceAdam D.K. Abelkop17. Property rightsBruce Huber18. Emissions trading: design, diffusion and drawbacksEdwin WoerdmanInstruments to Create and Disseminate Information19. Patents as environmental policy instrumentsCarlos M. Correa20. Management-based regulationCary Coglianese and Shana Starobin21. Mandated information – reportingBradley C. KarkkainenInstrument Mixes, Hybrids, and Blends22. Environmental offset programmesKenneth R. Richards23. Regulatory pluralism and regulatory mixNeil Gunningham and Darren Sinclair24. Voluntary environmental agreementsStephanie Hayes Richards and Kenneth R. Richards25. Deposit-refundsHilary SigmanInternational Issues in Policy Instruments26. Linking of climate change policiesStefan E. Weishaar27. Environmental protection through legal acts and instruments by the European UnionNicolas de SadeleerIndex