Description
The research focus for the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law in 2003 was a timely and challenging one, entitled 'The Law of Energy for Sustainable Development'. As contemporary world politics demonstrates, energy resources and generation are crucial issues facing the international community. As research on energy law, at the international, regional, and national level is in its infancy, the insights provided by the contributors to this 2005 volume are a significant addition to the field.
This 2005 volume presents research on the crucial issues concerning energy law, that are facing the international community.
About the Author
Adrian J Bradbrook is the Bonython Professor of Energy Law at the University of Adelaide, Australia and the former Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law Energy Law and Climate Change Working Group. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy and the International Energy Foundation. He is the author of the book Solar Energy and the Law (1984), and has published numerous legal academic articles relating primarily to environmental aspects of energy law, with particular emphasis on energy efficiency and renewable energy resources. Rosemary Lyster is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. She specialises in Environmental law and Administrative law. In the areas of Environmental law her primary areas of interest are energy law, water law, Asia-Pacific environmental law and Environmental Dispute Resolution, which she teaches in the Master of Environmental Law course. Rosemary is Director of the Australian Centre for Environmental Law (Sydney) and Editor in Chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law. She is a member of the IUCN/World Conservation Union's Commission on Environmental Law. Richard L. Ottinger is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at Pace Law School in White Plains, New York, where he taught environmental law and was Dean from 1994-1999. He is a member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law and Chair of its Climate and Energy Working Group. He served for 16 years in the U.S. Congress, chairing the House Subcommittee on Energy, Conservation and Power. He was a founding staff member of the U.S. Peace Corps and was an Associate in the New York law firm of Clearly, Gottlieb, Friendly & Hamilton. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Cornell University. Dr Wang Xi received his B.A degree from Wuhan Normal College in 1981. He graduated from Wuhan University in 1984 (M.L.) and from Washington University in 1987 (M.J.S). He concluded his Ph.D. at Wuhan University in the year 2000. He is currently Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Director of Environmental and Resources Law Institute of the same University. He is a member of Academic Committee of Environmental Law under the Ministry of Education of China.
Book Information
ISBN 9780521845250
Author Adrian J. Bradbrook
Format Hardback
Page Count 630
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1255g
Dimensions(mm) 260mm * 185mm * 37mm
This 2005 volume presents research on the crucial issues concerning energy law, that are facing the international community.
About the Author
Adrian J Bradbrook is the Bonython Professor of Energy Law at the University of Adelaide, Australia and the former Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law Energy Law and Climate Change Working Group. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy and the International Energy Foundation. He is the author of the book Solar Energy and the Law (1984), and has published numerous legal academic articles relating primarily to environmental aspects of energy law, with particular emphasis on energy efficiency and renewable energy resources. Rosemary Lyster is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. She specialises in Environmental law and Administrative law. In the areas of Environmental law her primary areas of interest are energy law, water law, Asia-Pacific environmental law and Environmental Dispute Resolution, which she teaches in the Master of Environmental Law course. Rosemary is Director of the Australian Centre for Environmental Law (Sydney) and Editor in Chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law. She is a member of the IUCN/World Conservation Union's Commission on Environmental Law. Richard L. Ottinger is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at Pace Law School in White Plains, New York, where he taught environmental law and was Dean from 1994-1999. He is a member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law and Chair of its Climate and Energy Working Group. He served for 16 years in the U.S. Congress, chairing the House Subcommittee on Energy, Conservation and Power. He was a founding staff member of the U.S. Peace Corps and was an Associate in the New York law firm of Clearly, Gottlieb, Friendly & Hamilton. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Cornell University. Dr Wang Xi received his B.A degree from Wuhan Normal College in 1981. He graduated from Wuhan University in 1984 (M.L.) and from Washington University in 1987 (M.J.S). He concluded his Ph.D. at Wuhan University in the year 2000. He is currently Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Director of Environmental and Resources Law Institute of the same University. He is a member of Academic Committee of Environmental Law under the Ministry of Education of China.
Book Information
ISBN 9780521845250
Author Adrian J. Bradbrook
Format Hardback
Page Count 630
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1255g
Dimensions(mm) 260mm * 185mm * 37mm
