Sustainable Development in the European Union A General Principle

• Main Author: Humphreys, Matthew (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2018
• Subjects: Sustainable development > Law and legislation > European Union countries; Environmental law > European Union countries; Subsidiarity > European Union countries; Proportionality in law > European Union countries
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• Physical Description: xx, 154 pages 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781409447313

This book undertakes a critical appraisal of the concept of sustainable development in the European Union. In addition to existing issues of sustainability, it examines the development of a European "general principle" of sustainable development. This original, critical approach examines legal, political, and economic implications of the emergence of the principle and places the impact of such in local, national, intranational, and international contexts. While essentially focusing on the development of the principle, the discussion also includes a normative assessment of current policy and practice, and appraises European efforts in the light of international goals.