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Implementing the Precautionary Principle - Approaches from The Nordic Countries, EU and USA
Edited by Nicolas de Sadeleer
Earthscan
December 2006
Hardback 400 ISBN 9781844073122
£80.00
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The most current and authoritative assessment of the successes and failures of the legal use
of the Precautionary Principle in handling risks to human health and the environment
Covers critical sectors such as the chemical industry, GMOs, agriculture, fisheries, food safety,
marine pollution and biodivesity
Indispensable reading for all legal and risk professionals in business, industry, government
and NGO communities
This authoritative handbook addresses how the Precautionary Principle is implemented
in different sectors, and examines its successes, failures, strengths and weaknesses in implementation.
Sectors and subjects covered include chemicals, GMOs, marine pollution, fisheries and nature conservation,
and the book draws on cases in the EU, in the USA, and Nordic countries, where use of the Principle is highly
advanced. Ultimately, the book provides an indispensable appraisal of the question as to whether
the Precautionary Principle is relevant to avert major environmental and health risks, and how and
when it can be used successfully.
Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Table of Cases
Table of Legislations
1. Origin, Status, Effects of the Precautionary principle
Section One: EC Law 2. The Precautionary
Principle in EC Health and Environment Law: Sword or Shield for the Nordic Countries?
Section Two: Comparative Analysis of the Precautionary Principle in the Nordic Countries3. Denmark
4. Finland
5. Iceland
6. Norway
7. Sweden
8. Legal Status of Precaution in the Nordic Countries:
A Comparative Analysis
Section Three: The Precautionary Principle and the Law of the Sea :
A Nordic Perspective 9. The Precautionary Principle and HELCOM
10.The Precautionary Approach
and Fisheries: A Nordic Perspective
Section Four: Precaution, GMOs and Biodiversity 11.
Uncertainty and Precaution: Challenges and Implications for Science and Policy of GMOs
12. The
Regulation of GMOs in EU Law
13. GMOs and Precaution in Norwegian Law
14. GMOs and Precaution in Finnish and Swedish Law
15. The Precautionary Principle and
Nature Conservation Law: Danish Experiences
Section Five: The Precautionary Principle and Chemicals
16. The Precautionary Principle in Swedish Chemicals Law and Policy
17. Risks, Costs and Alternatives in
EC Envronmental Legislation : The Case of REACH
18. The Impact of REACH on the Regulatory Powers
of the Nordic Countries
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 Conclusion
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