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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108405991

ISBN-139781108405997

eBay Product ID (ePID)238992843

Product Key Features

Number of Pages358 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameTransnational Sustainability Laws

SubjectEnvironmental, Comparative, Petroleum, Development / Sustainable Development

Publication Year2017

TypeTextbook

AuthorPhillip Paiement

Subject AreaLaw, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics

SeriesGlobal Law Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight18 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal346.046

Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Between co-ordination and regulation: the dual functions of voluntary sustainability standards; 2. The socio-legal analysis of sustainability standards; 3. Governing public forests with private standards: the case of FSC in the Great Lakes region; 4. Certifying global palm oil productions: the case of the roundtable on sustainable palm oil; 5. Meta-regulating sustainability standards: the case of ISEAL alliance; 6. The politics of transnational sustainability laws; Conclusion.

SynopsisTransnational standards related to the environmental and social sustainability of production processes are becoming commonplace governance tools in the global economy. This book demonstrates how sustainability standards serve two fundamentally different functions: coordination and regulation. Standards can coordinate like-minded businesses in an industry by demarcating common sustainability commitments to distinguish between sustainable and unsustainable sectors of the industry. Yet, standards can also regulate businesses, requiring them to change production and trade practices to align with the sustainability demands of third-parties, including trading partners, advocacy groups, consumers and other civil society constituencies. These two functions reflect the private and public lenses, respectively, through which legal scholars can assess standards as transnational sustainability laws. With key case studies in forestry standards, palm oil standards, and the ISEAL Alliance, this book demonstrates how socio-legal analyses of transnational rulemaking inform debates about global administrative law and the constitutionalization of the global economy., This book appeals to legal scholars and students interested in socio-legal studies, transnational law, environmental law, labour law, and legal theory. It introduces them to sustainability standards more commonly studied by political scientists and sociologists, and analyses their capacity to function as a form of transnational legal governance.

LC Classification NumberK3585.P35 2017