Subject: Law Book Title: Regulating Energy and Natural Resources
Regulating Energy and Natural Resources
Barton, Barry (Editor),
Professor, School of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Lucas, Alastair (Editor),
Professor and Chair of Natural Resources Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, Canada
Barrera-Hernández, Lila (Editor),
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Canada
Rønne, Anita (Editor),
Associate Professor in Energy Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Chair of the Academic Advisory Group of the Section on Energy and Natural Resources Law of the International Bar Association, and Chair of the Danish Energy Law Society
Print publication date: 2006
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2010 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-929987-4 doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199299874.001.0001 |
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Abstract:
Democratization, globalization, and increased environmental awareness have had a profound impact on the regulation of industry in the energy and natural resources sector. This book analyses the changes in character of the way this industry is regulated, and seeks to make connections with theoretical perspectives on regulation as a major part of the modern legal system. Part I examines the emergence of alternatives to regulation, such as ‘soft law’ in developing countries, the European Electricity and Gas Directives of 1996 and 1998, the idea of regulation of company structure as opposed to performance, multi-faceted government alternative regulatory instruments, and market mechanics. Part II analyses conventional methods of regulation, and how they have evolved, including case studies from the Netherlands, the USA, Singapore, New Zealand, and the UK. Part III looks at regulatory innovations such as environmental audit, self-regulation, the ‘Voluntary Action Plan’, private-sector standard setting, and certification. Part IV examines the role of non-state actors, and their response to national and supranational regulatory changes, and globalization.
Keywords: energy, natural resources, democratization, globalization, environmental awareness, regulation of industry, modern legal system, soft law, developing countries, company structure Table of Contents
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Introduction
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The Theoretical Context of Regulation
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Alternative Regulation and Governance Reform in Resource-Rich Developing Countries of Africa
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Sustainable Energy Development in Latin America and Donor Driven Reform: What Will the World Bank Do?
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International Soft Law and Globalization
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Contemporary United States Energy Regulation
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Self-Regulation, State Regulation, and Co-Regulation in Energy in New Zealand
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The Political Economy of Regulation: Developments in British Energy Regulation Under Labour
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System Operation: From Self-Regulation to Public Regulation
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A New Role for the State—Energy Regulatory Reform in Denmark
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Conventional Regulation Renascent but Changing Alternatives to Regulation: The German Experience
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Re-Regulating the Electricity and Gas Sector in the Netherlands: From Self-Regulation via State Regulation to Regulation via State Ownership
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The European Electricity and Gas Regulatory Forums
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State–Company Relations in Offshore Oil Exploitation: Regulatory and Contractual Analyses
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Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability: Using Market Mechanisms for Water Resources Regulation in Australia
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Voluntary Approaches and Formal Regulation: Climate Change and Canada’s Energy Sector
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Alternatives to Conventional Regulation in United States Environmental Law
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The Use of Environmental Audits and Self-Regulation Schemes for Environmental Protection in Mexico
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The Voluntary Initiative of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) in the Measures to Cope with Global Warming
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Regulation Around the World
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Conclusions
Index
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