Regulating Energy and Natural Resources

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-929987-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 845 g

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.

Recent shifts in the perception of energy security, failures in energy company corporate governance, and evolving self-regulatory frameworks renders this a timely and worthy examination of the issues facing the energy and natural resources industry today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barton, Barry

Lucas, Alastair

Barrera-Hernández, Lila

Rønne, Anita

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Energiewirtschaft: Alternative & Erneuerbare Energien
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- I The Framework

- Introduction

- The Theoretical Context of Regulation

- II Globalization and the Challenge to Traditional State-Centred Regulation

- Alternative Regulation and Governance Reform in Resource-Rich Developing Countries of Africa

- Sustainable Energy Development in Latin America and Donor Driven Reform: What Will the World Bank Do?

- International Soft Law and Globalization

- III Regulating Energy Systems

- Contemporary United States Energy Regulation

- Self-Regulation, State Regulation, and Co-regulation in Energy in New Zealand

- The Political Economy of Regulation: Developments in British Energy Regulation under Labour

- System Operation: From Self-Regulation to Public Regulation

- A New Role for the State - Energy Regulatory Reform in Denmark

- Conventional Regulation Renascent but Changing Alternatives to Regulation: The German Experience

- Re-regulating the Electricity and Gas Sector in the Netherlands: From Self-Regulation via State Regulation to Regulation via State Ownership

- The European Electricity and Gas Regulatory Forums

- IV Regulating Disposition of Rights to Natural Resources

- State-Company Relations in Offshore Oil Exploitation: Regulatory and Contractual Analyses

- Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability: Using Market Mechanisms for Water Resources Regulation in Australia

- V Environmental Regulation of Energy and Natural Resources

- Voluntary Approaches and Formal Regulation: Climate Change and Canada's Energy

- Alternatives to Conventional Regulation in United States Environmental Law

- The Use of Environmental Audits and Self-Regulation Schemes for Environmental Protection in Mexico

- The Voluntary Initiative of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) in the Measures to Cope with Global Warming

- VI Pulling the Threads Together: An Overview of the Present State of Energy and Resources Regulation

- Regulation around the World

- Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Barry Barton is Professor, School of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Alastair Lucas is Chair of Natural Resources Law and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science, University of Calgary, Canada

Lila Barrera Hernández is Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Canada

Anita Rønne is Associate Professor in Energy Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Chair of the Academic Advisory Group of the Secion of Energy and Natural Resources Law of the International Bar Association, and Chair of the Danish Energy Law Society