Environmental Principles and the Evolution of Environmental Law

1. Principles Principles Everywhere: Making Sense of
Environmental Principles as Legal Concepts
I. Introduction
II. Environmental Principles and Their High Profile in Environmental Law
III. Methodology and Scope
IV. Conclusion
2. Environmental Principles and Environmental Law
I. Introduction
II. Why So Much Principle?
III. Limitations in Appraising Environmental Principles Legally
IV. Conclusion
3. Legal Contours of Environmental Principles Across Jurisdictions
I. Introduction
II. Environmental Principles in Public International Law
III. Environmental Principles in EU Law
IV. Environmental Principles in NSW Law
V. Conclusion
4. Environmental Principles in European Union Case Law
I. Introduction
II. The Jurisdiction and Institutional Identity of EU Courts: Reasoning with Environmental
Principles in EU Legal Culture
III. Policy Cases
IV. Interpretive Cases
V. Informing Legal Test Cases: Reviewing the Boundaries and Exercise of EU
Environmental Competence
VI. Principle of Sustainable Development
VII. Conclusion
5. Principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court
I. Introduction
II. The NSW Land and Environment Court: III. Mapping the ESD Case Law
IV. Conclusion
6. Conclusions
I. Environmental Principles and Doctrinal Evolution
II. Environmental Principles in Environmental Law Scholarship