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Category Text Publication
Reference Category Journals
DOI 10.1093/jel/eqy008
Title (Primary) The transnationalisation of environmental law
Author Dilling, O.; Markus, T.
Source Titel Journal of Environmental Law
Year 2018
Department UPR
Volume 30
Issue 2
Page From 179
Page To 206
Language englisch
Keywords Transnationalisation; International Law; Private Rule-Making; Governance; Legitimacy; Standardisation
UFZ wide themes RU6;
Abstract This article outlines a critical approach to the emerging discourse of transnational environmental law. It highlights how transboundary activities and organisational structures increasingly shape environmental law, and how legal discourse interprets these developments. In particular, the article unpacks the manifold transnational regulatory structures and explains their interactions with state-made environmental law. It also discusses the legal quality and constitutional issues of transnational norms and analyses the added scientific value of the concept of transnational environmental law. We argue that transnational norms governing the use of public goods are generally not binding on third parties. Accordingly, they have to be ‘re-embedded’ into well-established political and legal processes. In other words, these norms and mechanisms have to be complemented, endorsed or limited by formal legal structures to become a legitimate part of environmental law.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=19991
Dilling, O., Markus, T. (2018):
The transnationalisation of environmental law
J. Environ. Law 30 (2), 179 - 206 10.1093/jel/eqy008