Implementing the Precautionary Principle - Perspectives and Prospects (Hardcover)

This challenging book takes a broad and thought-provoking look at the precautionary principle and its implementation, or potential implementation, in a number of fields. In particular, it explores the challenges faced by public decision-making processes when applying the precautionary principle, including its role in risk management and risk assessment. Frameworks for improved decision-making are considered, followed by a detailed analysis of prospective applications of the precautionary principle in a number of emerging fields including: nanotechnology, climate change, natural resource management and public health policy. The analysis is both coherent and interdisciplinary, employing perspectives from law, the social sciences and public policy with a view to improving both the legitimacy and effectiveness of public policy at national and international levels. Bringing together authors from both policy making and academia and from a wide range of disciplines and jurisdictions, this book will be of interest to academic scholars interested in environmental policy, law and politics.

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2006
Editors:	Elizabeth Fisher • Judith Jones • Rene Von Schomberg
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-1-84542-702-3
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International environmental law Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General Promotions
LSN:	1-84542-702-5
Barcode:	9781845427023

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