Measuring the Effectivity of Environmental Law : : Legal Indicators for Sustainable Development.

Measuring the Effectivity of Environmental Law : : Legal Indicators for Sustainable Development.

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This book presents a new method for measuring the effectiveness of national and international environmental law. It is the result of four years of research and experimentation to develop a way to construct legal indicators. The only existing environmental indicators measure only statistical, scienti...

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Superior document:Générations Futures, Paix et Environnement / Future Generations, Peace and the Environment Series ; v.3
:
Prieur, Michel.
TeilnehmendeR:
Bastin, Christophe.
Mekouar, Ali.
Place / Publishing House:Brussels : : P.I.E. - Peter Lang SA Éditions Scientifiques Internationales,, 2021.
{copy}2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Générations Futures, Paix et Environnement / Future Generations, Peace and the Environment Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (252 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Series Information
  • Copyright Information
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • I. The need for effectivity in environmental law
  • A. Effectivity in international and domestic law
  • B. Distinction between effectivity and effectiveness
  • C. The effectiveness of environmental law according to McGrath
  • D. The growing interest in legal effectivity, particularly in environmental law
  • E. Effectivity in relation to non-effectivity
  • II. Acknowledgment that truly legal indicators do not exist
  • A. Indicators that occasionally address the environment
  • B. Indicators focusing specifically on the environment
  • C. Human rights indicators
  • III. Sustainable Development Goal indicators
  • A. The gradual increase in indirect legal force of the SDGs
  • B. The United Nations SDG indicators
  • C. The World Bank SDG indicators
  • D. SDG indicators of academic and private origin
  • IV. Why create legal indicators for the environment?
  • A. Respond to ineffective processes in environmental law
  • B. Inform the public about the social value of environmental law
  • C. Inform decision-makers
  • D. Scientifically measure progress and regressions in environmental law
  • V. How to create legal indicators based on criteria of effectivity in environmental law
  • A. Similar experiments
  • B. Initial selection of the area of law to be evaluated
  • C. Families of effectivity criteria in environmental law
  • D. Stages leading to the formulation of legal indicators in questionnaires
  • E. Examples of model questionnaires
  • VI. How to measure and represent legal indicators?
  • A. The object of measurement
  • B. The method of measurement
  • C. The resulting indicators
  • D. Statistical monitoring of effectivity progress within the area of measurement
  • E. Graphical representation.
  • Conclusion: Strengths and weaknesses of legal indicators
  • 1. Contribution of legal indicators to governance
  • 2. The limits of legal indicators
  • Bibliography
  • Annexes
  • Table of Contents
  • Series index.

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