Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and ProspectsElizabeth Charlotte Fisher, Judith S. Jones, René von Schomberg Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006 M01 1 - 336 pages This challenging book takes a broad and thought-provoking look at the precautionary principle and its implementation, or potential implementation, in a number of fields. |
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... problem areas such as the environment, public health, food, agriculture, drugs and cosmetics,aswellashowprecautionarydecisionmakinginthoseareasinter- relates with trade obligations (Button 2004, Scott and Vos 2002). In many ways the ...
... problem areas such as the environment, public health, food, agriculture, drugs and cosmetics,aswellashowprecautionarydecisionmakinginthoseareasinter- relates with trade obligations (Button 2004, Scott and Vos 2002). In many ways the ...
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... problems, we feel it is still possible to: study the implementation of something that is difficult to define; accept its legitimacy from its overwhelming presence and prevalence; and examine what makes it workable in all its ...
... problems, we feel it is still possible to: study the implementation of something that is difficult to define; accept its legitimacy from its overwhelming presence and prevalence; and examine what makes it workable in all its ...
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... problems and illustrate in each case that there are a whole host of issues to consider. Cooney considers the implications of the principles for biodiversity conservation (chapter 11) and van der Sluijs and Turkenburg examine the ...
... problems and illustrate in each case that there are a whole host of issues to consider. Cooney considers the implications of the principles for biodiversity conservation (chapter 11) and van der Sluijs and Turkenburg examine the ...
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... problems (chapter 14). Fisher and Harding argue that theimplementationof theprecautionaryprinciplewill,bynecessity,require consideration of what is legitimate public administration, or in other words administrative constitutionalism ...
... problems (chapter 14). Fisher and Harding argue that theimplementationof theprecautionaryprinciplewill,bynecessity,require consideration of what is legitimate public administration, or in other words administrative constitutionalism ...
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... problems being regulated is not only because the scientific uncertainties involved will vary from problem to problem but also because other features of those problems will affectthe decision-makingprocess. Thus for example,Stirling ...
... problems being regulated is not only because the scientific uncertainties involved will vary from problem to problem but also because other features of those problems will affectthe decision-makingprocess. Thus for example,Stirling ...
Contents
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3 The role of science and precaution in environmental and public health policy | 42 |
lessons from a constitutional reform in France | 63 |
5 Precautionary policy assessment for sustainability | 88 |
PART II The Challenges Involved in Implementing the Precautionary Principle | 111 |
the development of frameworks for applying the precautionary principle | 113 |
lessons for judicial review | 182 |
10 Precautionary only in name? Tensions between precaution and risk assessment in the Australian GMO reulatory framework | 202 |
PART III Prospective Applications of the Precautionary Principle in Specific Fields | 221 |
11 A long and winding road? Precaution from principle to practice in biodiversity conservation | 223 |
12 Climate change and the precautionary principle | 245 |
13 The tension between fiction and precaution in nanotechnology | 270 |
integrating science and participation in the social appraisal of risk | 284 |
Index | 316 |
the precautionary principle in an Australian administrative context | 137 |
precaution in WTO decision making | 160 |
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administrative constitutionalism adverse effects affected Agreement analysis applied appraisal Australian benefits biodiversity burden of proof challenges chapter ciple climate change Commission complex concerns considered context Court decision makers decision-making defined definition deliberative different Dovers economic ecosystems environment European Commission European Communities European Union evaluation example field final first Fisher fisheries food safety framework global governance Gullett identified impact assessment implementation influence institutional International involved issues justified legislation level of protection measures ment merit review nanotechnology normative particular policy assessment possible potential precaution precautionary approach precautionary decision precautionary principle preventive problems reflect regime regulation regulatory relevant requires risk assessment risk management Schomberg scientific evidence scientific information scientific uncertainty sea level rise serious or irreversible significant social species specific SPSA standard of proof Stirling Strategic Environmental Assessment sufficient Sustainable Development TBTA theory of administrative threats threshold Tickner tion trade
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Page 240 - In view of the different contributions to global environmental degradation, States have common but differentiated responsibilities. The developed countries acknowledge the responsibility that they bear in the international pursuit of sustainable development in view of the pressures their societies place on the global environment and of the technologies and financial resources they command.
Page 255 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.
Page 137 - The Parties should take precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects, where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing such measures...
Page 255 - The ultimate objective of the Convention is to achieve the 'stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate...
Page 86 - Rapport fait au nom de la commission des lois constitutionnelles, de la législation et de l'administration générale...
Page 46 - All scientific work is incomplete - whether it be observational or experimental. All scientific work is liable to be upset or modified by advancing knowledge. That does not confer upon us a freedom to ignore the knowledge we already have or to postpone the action that it appears to demand at a given time
Page 88 - ARE: — to enhance individual and community well-being and welfare by following a path of economic development that safeguards the welfare of future generations...
Page 226 - Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area...
Page 39 - Where there is uncertainty as to the existence or extent of risks to human health, the institutions may take protective measures without having to wait until the reality and seriousness of those risks become fully apparent"; paras.