Title: Agricultural law : current issues from a global perspective /
Authors: Alabrese, Mariagrazia,; Brunori, Margherita,; Rolandi, Silvia,; Saba, Andrea,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Agricultural laws and legislation.; Agricultural laws and legislation
Abstract: "This book focuses on the social and environmental issues being addressed by agricultural law within the current globalised system. What is agricultural law? Agricultural regulations concern and affect essential human needs and values that must be dealt with by pursuing a comprehensive and coordinated global approach. By tracking the developments in this context, this book explores the new challenges that agricultural law needs to address in order to frame emerging dilemmas. International governance of natural resources and their role in addressing food insecurity is the object of the first part of the volume, which deals with sustainable agriculture and agro-ecosystem services in connection with the food security issue. The second part focuses on the regulation of food as the main product of agricultural activity, and explores the answers that the law can provide in order to accommodate consumers’ interests and concerns (inter alia, novel foods, animal welfare, direct sales and e-commerce). The third part examines the social, environmental and legal consequences of a renewed interest in agricultural investments. Further, it analyses the evolution and the interplay between different legal systems with regard to land tenure, environmental concerns and investments in agriculture."--
Contents: Agricultural law from a global perspective: an introduction / Mariagrazia Alabrese -- Part I. Environmental protection and food security at the cross-roads with agricultural law. Sustainable agricultural production, environmental sustainability and food security: how to frame the legal intervention / Elisa Morgera, Andrea Saba -- The ecological and perpetual dimensions of European food security: the case for sustainable agriculture / Alicia Epstein -- International law on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: towards a new balance? / Anna G. Micara -- Results-based agri-environmental schemes for delivering ecosystem services in the EU: established issues and emerging trends / Andrea Saba -- The legal instruments for agri-environmental goals and the influence of international factors: the case of Swiss agricultural policies / Christa Preisig --^