Environmental principles and the evolution of environmental law / Eloise Scotford.
2017
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Title
Environmental principles and the evolution of environmental law / Eloise Scotford.
Published
Oxford ; London : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ; Portland, OR : Hart Publishing, 2017.
Call Number
K3585 .S425 2017
ISBN
9781849462976 hardback alkaline paper
1849462976 hardback alkaline paper
1849462976 hardback alkaline paper
Description
xlii, 272 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)960106638
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Scotford, Eloise, 1978- author. Environmental principles and the evolution of environmental law. Oxford [UK] ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2017 9781782252900 (DLC) 2016046773
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
ix
Table of Cases
xvii
Table of Legislation
xxxi
1.
Principles Principles Everywhere: Making Sense of Environmental Principles as Legal Concepts
1
I.
Introduction
1
II.
Environmental Principles and Their High Profile in Environmental Law
5
III.
Methodology and Scope
11
A.
Localising the Focus
12
i.
Why Jurisdictions?
14
ii.
Why Courts? Why These Courts?
16
B.
`Extended' Comparative Framework: Environmental Principles Reflected in Legal Cultures
18
C.
Understanding `Legal' Roles through Doctrinal Developments
21
D.
Mapping Environmental Principles by Judicial Technique
23
IV.
Conclusion
25
2.
Environmental Principles and Environmental Law
27
I.
Introduction
27
II.
Why So Much Principle?
30
A.
Foundations for the Legal Study of Environmental Principles: An Historical Collision of Policy, Environmental Regulation and Legal Scholarship
31
B.
Environmental Principles as Non-legal Responses to Environmental Issues
34
C.
Environmental Principles as Legal Solutions to Environmental Problems
37
D.
Environmental Principles as Solutions to Legal Problems in Environmental Law
40
i.
Legitimacy Claim 1: Environmental Law as a Conventional Legal Subject
41
ii.
Legitimacy Claim 2: Environmental Principles Overcome Methodological Problems in Environmental Law
46
E.
Environmental Principles Constitute or Represent Environmental Law as a New Legal Order
48
III.
Limitations in Appraising Environmental Principles Legally
51
A.
Environmental Principles as Universal Legal Concepts
52
i.
Absence of Universal Legal Identity Conceptually
53
ii.
Absence of Universal Legal Identity Historically
55
iii.
Absence of Universal Legal Identity in Comparative Law Terms
56
iv.
Conclusion
58
B.
Application of Legal Concepts and Methodologies from Other Legal Subjects
59
C.
Instrumental and Coherent View of Environmental Law
63
IV.
Conclusion
64
3.
Legal Contours of Environmental Principles Across Jurisdictions
66
I.
Introduction
66
II.
Environmental Principles in Public International Law
68
A.
Legal Prominence of Environmental Principles in International Law
68
B.
Legal Ambiguity of Environmental Principles in International Law
76
III.
Environmental Principles in EU Law
84
A.
Early History of Environmental Principles in EU Law
85
B.
Definitional Ambiguity in the EU Context
88
C.
EU Principle of Sustainable Development: Reconnecting to the International Sphere
91
D.
Conclusion
95
IV.
Environmental Principles in NSW Law
95
A.
ESD Principles as Policymaking Tools in the National ESD Process
99
B.
Intergovernmentalism: Supporting the Political Rise of ESD Principles
101
C.
Historical Development of ESD Principles in NSW Law: Innovative NSWLEC Reasoning and Legislative Proliferation
106
i.
Judicial Incorporation of ESD Principles in NSW Law
106
ii.
Legislative Incorporation of ESD Principles in NSW Law
110
V.
Conclusion
114
4.
Environmental Principles in European Union Case Law
116
I.
Introduction
116
II.
Jurisdiction and Institutional Identity of EU Courts: Reasoning with Environmental Principles in EU Legal Culture
121
A.
Constitutional Role and Progressive Nature of the CJEU
121
B.
CJEU's Jurisdiction
122
C.
Diversity of EU Case Law Involving Environmental Principles
126
D.
Mapping Environmental Principles: Treatment Categories Shaped by EU Legal Culture
128
III.
Policy Cases
132
A.
Principles as Policy Background
135
B.
Principles of EU Environmental Competence---Unexercised Discretion
136
C.
Principles of EU Environmental Competence---Exercised but Unchallenged Discretion
137
D.
Purported Exercises of EU Environmental Competence: Member State Derogation under Articles 114(4) and (5) TFEU
142
E.
Integration Principle: Breaking Down the Barrier of Policy Cases?
144
F.
Conclusion
146
IV.
Interpretive Cases
147
A.
Interpreting EU Environmental Competence in a Narrow Sense: Environmental Principles under Title XX TFEU
148
B.
Interpreting EU Environmental Competence More Broadly: Environmental Principles Beyond Title XX TFEU
154
i.
`High Level of Protection' and the Precautionary Principle
154
ii.
Expansive Reach of the Integration Principle
157
C.
Conclusion
159
V.
Informing Legal Test Cases: Reviewing the Boundaries and Exercise of EU Environmental Competence
161
A.
Legal Basis Cases
162
B.
Exercise of EU Environmental Competence Cases
164
i.
Early Cases of Informing Review Tests: Expanding EU Environmental Competence, Defining Precaution and Embracing More Principles
166
ii.
Pfizer
171
iii.
Precautionary Principle Post-Pfizer in the CFI/General Court: The Evolution of EU Administrative Law
176
iv.
Precautionary Principle Post-Pfizer in the Court of Justice: Less Intensive Review of EU Institutions
184
v.
Expanding the Doctrinal Reach of Environmental Principles: Informing the Review of Member State Discretion under Article 34 TFEU
187
C.
Conclusion
190
VI.
Principle of Sustainable Development
192
A.
Sustainable Development: Definitional and Doctrinal Uncertainty in EU Law
193
B.
Transnational Influence of Sustainable Development in EU Law: Legal Complexity and Potential
196
VII.
Conclusion
198
5.
Principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court
202
I.
Introduction
202
II.
NSW Land and Environment Court: A Unique and Doctrinally Novel Legal Setting
206
A.
History of the Court: A One-stop Shop for NSW Environmental Law
208
i.
Unlikely Construction of a Land and Environment Court
208
ii.
Court of Amalgamated Jurisdiction
211
iii.
Mandate to Develop Environmental Law
212
B.
NSWLEC's Fragmented Jurisdiction, Powers and Progressive ESD Agenda: A Sum Greater than Its Parts
212
C.
Open and Novel Administrative Law Doctrine
217
D.
Conclusion
223
III.
Mapping the ESD Case Law
224
A.
ESD Principles as Legally Relevant Considerations in Determining Planning Consent Decisions under Section 79C EPA Act
228
B.
ESD Principles as Legally Relevant Considerations Informing Decision-making Processes under the EPA Act
232
i.
Structuring Precautionary Decision-making: Telstra Corporation Ltd v Hornsby Shire Council
233
ii.
ESD Principles and Impact Assessment Screening: Informing Jurisdictional Facts
238
iii.
Planning Decision-making for Major Projects and ESD Principles
240
C.
ESD Principles as Legally Relevant Considerations under Legislation that `Adopts' Principles: ESD Beyond the EPA Act
250
D.
ESD Principles as Legally Relevant Considerations Beyond Legislative Frameworks Altogether
252
E.
ESD Principles as Legally Relevant Considerations in All Aspects of NSWLEC Jurisdiction
254
IV.
Conclusion
256
6.
Conclusions
260
I.
Environmental Principles and Doctrinal Evolution
260
II.
Environmental Principles in Environmental Law Scholarship
263
Index
267