Implementing the precautionary principle
Subtitle: approaches from the Nordic countries, EU and USA
By: edited by Nicolas de Sadeleer
Contributors: Sadeleer, Nicolas de
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781844073122
Subjects: Environmental law -- European Union countries; Environmental risk assessment -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries; Environmental law -- Scandinavia; Environmental risk assessment -- Law and legislation -- Scandinavia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Origin, status and effects of the precautionary principle / Nicolas de Sadeleer; title: The precautionary principle in European Community health and environment law : sword or shield for the Nordic countries? / Nicolas de Sadeleer; title: Denmark / Ellen Margrethe Basse; title: Finland / Erki Hollo; title: Iceland / Aðalheiður Jóhannsdóttir; title: Norway / Hans Christian Bugge; title: Sweden / Gabriel Michanek; title: Legal status of precaution in the Nordic countries : a comparative analysis / Nicolas de Sadeleer; title: The precautionary principle and Helsinki Commission / Minna Pyhälä ... [et al.]; title: The precautionary approach and fisheries : a Nordic perspective / Tore Henriksen; title: Uncertainty and precaution : challenges and implications for science and the policy of genetically modified organisms / Ann Ingeborg Myhr; title: Genetically modified organisms in European Union law / Theofanis Christoforou; title: Genetically modified organisms and precaution in Norwegian law / Ole Kristian Fauchald; title: Genetically modified organisms and precaution in Finnish and Swedish law / Jussi Kauppila; title: The precautionary principle and nature conservation law : Danish experiences / Helle Tegner Anker; title: The precautionary principle in Swedish chemicals law and policy / Annika Nilsson; title: Risks, costs and alternatives in European Community environmental legislation : the case of registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals (REACH) / Gerd Winter; title: The impact of registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals (REACH) on the regulatory powers of the Nordic countries / Nicolas de Sadeleer; title: The legacy of the precautionary principle in US law : the rise of cost-benefit analysis and risk assessment as undermining factors in health, safety and environmental protection / Nicholas Ashford; title: Lessons from international, EU and Nordic legal regimes / Nicolas de Sadeleer