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Implementing the precautionary principle

Implementing the precautionary principle approaches from the Nordic countries, EU and USA / [electronic resource] : edited by Nicolas de Sadeleer. - London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, 2007. - xxxvi, 396 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Origin, status and effects of the precautionary principle / Nicolas de Sadeleer -- 2. The precautionary principle in European Community health and environment law : sword or shield for the Nordic countries? / Nicolas de Sadeleer -- 3. Denmark / Ellen Margrethe Basse -- 4. Finland / Erki Hollo -- 5. Iceland / A�alhei�ur J�ohannsd�ottir -- 6. Norway / Hans Christian Bugge -- 7. Sweden / Gabriel Michanek -- 8. Legal status of precaution in the Nordic countries : a comparative analysis / Nicolas de Sadeleer -- 9. The precautionary principle and Helsinki Commission / Minna Pyh�al�a ... [et al.] -- 10. The precautionary approach and fisheries : a Nordic perspective / Tore Henriksen -- 11. Uncertainty and precaution : challenges and implications for science and the policy of genetically modified organisms / Ann Ingeborg Myhr -- 12. Genetically modified organisms in European Union law / Theofanis Christoforou -- 13. Genetically modified organisms and precaution in Norwegian law / Ole Kristian Fauchald -- 14. Genetically modified organisms and precaution in Finnish and Swedish law / Jussi Kauppila -- 15. The precautionary principle and nature conservation law : Danish experiences / Helle Tegner Anker -- 16. The precautionary principle in Swedish chemicals law and policy / Annika Nilsson -- 17. Risks, costs and alternatives in European Community environmental legislation : the case of registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals (REACH) / Gerd Winter -- 18. The impact of registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals (REACH) on the regulatory powers of the Nordic countries / Nicolas de Sadeleer -- 19. 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 -- 20. Lessons from international, EU and Nordic legal regimes / Nicolas de Sadeleer.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781849771696 (ebook : PDF)


Environmental law--European Union countries.
Environmental risk assessment--Law and legislation--European Union countries.
Environmental law--Scandinavia.
Environmental risk assessment--Law and legislation--Scandinavia.


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