Full Description
Sustainability and sustainable development are amongst the largest and most complex challenges for the 21st century. This is not just a matter for states and governments, but rather a common goal to which we should all contribute. Are the rules of private law suitable to contribute to sustainable solutions? The authors in this book explore aspects of property law, tort law, and contract law. They investigate whether the current rules of private law provide sufficient incentives and possibilities for sustainable action, or whether these rules require reform.
This research is part of a joint research project of the Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI), in which researchers from various fields work together on large societal issues. Through seminars, discussions and joint research, M-EPLI researchers aim to cross boundaries between their respective fields and contribute to solving large societal challenges.
Contents
1 Introduction (Bram Akkermans and Gijs van Dijck); 2 Law and Sustainability (Jaap Hage); 3 Preliminary Reflections on Paradigms, Ownership, and Ecology (Agustín Parise); 4 Sustainable Property Law - Towards a Revaluation of Our System of Property Law (Bram Akkermans); 5 Moving Beyond Boundaries in the Pursuit of Sustainable Property Law (Jill Robbie); 6 Environmental Liability as a Tool to Promote Sustainability (Michael Faure and Shen Yayun); 7 Tort Law and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions (Gijs van Dijck); 8 Company Law is Bananas (Kim Berg and Mark Kawakami); 9 Sustainability and Optional Regimes - A Legislative Means of Empowering Private Individuals in the Development of Socially Beneficial Activities? (William Bull); 10 Conclusion: Private Law on Sustainability (Gijs van Dijck and Bram Akkermans); About the authors
