Sustainable Development in the European Union

Professor Matthew Humphreys, MBE, is Head of the School of Law, Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also a Professor at the University of Notre Dame, USA.

Table of Contents



Table of cases *

Table of EU Secondary Legislation *



Table of Other Authorities *



Chapter One *



Introduction *



The structure of this book *



CHAPTER 2 *



Sustainable Development: Concept, Principles, and Practice *



The Concept of Sustainable Development: Its Evolution on the International Plane *



Sustainable Development: Contest and Debate of Meaning *



Sustainable Development: Legal Context and Application *



Precautionary Principle *



The Polluter Pays Principle *



Public Participation *



The International Context of Sustainable Development *



Conclusion *



Chapter Three *



Sustainable Development and General Principles of EU Law *



Principled-based sustainable development in EU Law *



General Principles in EU Law and sustainable development *



Subsidiarity as a general principle in EU law *



Proportionality as a general principle in EU law *



EU Sustainable development in subsidiarity and proportionality: Legal procedural impact *



The legal effect of EU principle-based sustainable development *



Sustainability in Subsidiarity and Proportionality: procedural impact *



Conclusion *



Chapter Four *



The Precautionary Principle and Sustainability in EU Environmental Protection *



Precautionary Approach to Environmental Protection *



EU Environmental protection and Precaution - law, policy and practice *



Conclusion *



Chapter Five *



The polluter pays principle: Economic Aspects of Sustainability the EU *



The Polluter Pays Principle and Sustainable Development *



The Polluter Pays and Economic regulation in EU law, policy and practice *



The Polluter Pays in EU law and policy *



The Polluter Pays principle and economic regulation in practice *



Transport Policy *



Common Agricultural Policy *



Competition and State Aid *



Critical Review of polluter pays approaches to policy *



Conclusion *



Chapter Six *



Public Participation and Access Rights in EU Law *



Public Participation Principle and Sustainable Development *



The Arhus Convention on Public Participation and Social Justice *



Right to information - Pillar I *



Procedural rights - Pillar 2 *



Access to justice - Pillar 3 *



Arhus' Access Rights in EU Law, Policy and Practice *



Application of 'Access to Justice' Rights in the EU *



Access to Justice Case Law *



Critical Review of Access Rights approach to EU sustainability policy *



Conclusion *



CHAPTER SEVEN *



Sustainable Development in EU External Relations *



Sustainable development as an international issue for the EU *



The EU’s Presence in the International Arena: on Climate Change *



EU Promoting Sustainable Development *



Sustainable development and key actors on the international stage *



The World Trade Organization (WTO) *



Other Key Actors’ Role in Sustainable Development *



The United States *



China *



Russia *



India *



Brazil *



Chapter Eight *



Conclusion *