Pub Date : 2024-06-20DOI: 10.1007/s12689-024-00108-9
Esmeralda Colombo
The present contribution questions the role of principles of EU law in climate litigation. Notwithstanding their importance within the EU general regulatory framework, their operationalisation in climate litigation is underexplored. To appreciate EU principles in the context of climate change litigation, this paper positions them within the scope and dynamics of climate change litigation worldwide. Secondly, with this background, the analysis develops as a case law review on the emerging role of the precautionary principle, intergenerational equity, and the minimum harmonisation principle in the climate litigation. To date, five relevant climate lawsuits have unfolded before the courts of EU Member States, which allows for canvassing the content, status, and significance of the principles under examination with concrete examples of the climate lawsuits where these principles have been applied. In this regard, the paper finds that courts in Member States have steadily provided protection of the climate and future generations through rights-based arguments supported by principles. In this context, domestic courts seem to be filling the normative gap left by the CJEU by interpreting fundamental rights in relation to EU environmental principles in what I conceptualise as “the rights turn through principles.” As a final point, the paper concludes with the prospective development of EU principles in the EU legal order and beyond, possibly enabling comparisons with other jurisdictions.
{"title":"Principles of EU law in climate litigation","authors":"Esmeralda Colombo","doi":"10.1007/s12689-024-00108-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12689-024-00108-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present contribution questions the role of principles of EU law in climate litigation. Notwithstanding their importance within the EU general regulatory framework, their operationalisation in climate litigation is underexplored. To appreciate EU principles in the context of climate change litigation, this paper positions them within the scope and dynamics of climate change litigation worldwide. Secondly, with this background, the analysis develops as a case law review on the emerging role of the precautionary principle, intergenerational equity, and the minimum harmonisation principle in the climate litigation. To date, five relevant climate lawsuits have unfolded before the courts of EU Member States, which allows for canvassing the content, status, and significance of the principles under examination with concrete examples of the climate lawsuits where these principles have been applied. In this regard, the paper finds that courts in Member States have steadily provided protection of the climate and future generations through rights-based arguments supported by principles. In this context, domestic courts seem to be filling the normative gap left by the CJEU by interpreting fundamental rights in relation to EU environmental principles in what I conceptualise as “the rights turn through principles.” As a final point, the paper concludes with the prospective development of EU principles in the EU legal order and beyond, possibly enabling comparisons with other jurisdictions.</p>","PeriodicalId":29853,"journal":{"name":"China-EU Law Journal","volume":"78 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141504718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-02DOI: 10.1007/s12689-024-00109-8
Juliane Albrecht
In contrast to climate protection law, which regulates the mitigation of climate change, climate adaptation law deals with the management of the unavoidable consequences of climate change. This article provides an overview of its legal basis from a European perspective. In addition to international law, especially the Paris Agreement, EU law is of central importance in this respect. It is primarily shaped by the EU Climate Law enacted in 2021. However, this Law only sets a general framework and is further defined by legal acts of various sectoral policies, especially in the field of environment. Climate adaptation regulations at the level of European member states are presented using the example of Germany, where a Federal Climate Adaptation Act is currently being drafted. Due to Germany's federal state structure, state legislation is also analysed. Most of the German states (“Länder”) have their own climate laws, although their content varies. The municipal level is only addressed with restraint in these laws. The reasons for this are of a fiscal constitutional nature and will be explained in more detail.
{"title":"Climate adaptation law: a European perspective","authors":"Juliane Albrecht","doi":"10.1007/s12689-024-00109-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12689-024-00109-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In contrast to climate protection law, which regulates the mitigation of climate change, climate adaptation law deals with the management of the unavoidable consequences of climate change. This article provides an overview of its legal basis from a European perspective. In addition to international law, especially the Paris Agreement, EU law is of central importance in this respect. It is primarily shaped by the EU Climate Law enacted in 2021. However, this Law only sets a general framework and is further defined by legal acts of various sectoral policies, especially in the field of environment. Climate adaptation regulations at the level of European member states are presented using the example of Germany, where a Federal Climate Adaptation Act is currently being drafted. Due to Germany's federal state structure, state legislation is also analysed. Most of the German states (“Länder”) have their own climate laws, although their content varies. The municipal level is only addressed with restraint in these laws. The reasons for this are of a fiscal constitutional nature and will be explained in more detail.</p>","PeriodicalId":29853,"journal":{"name":"China-EU Law Journal","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140882100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-27DOI: 10.1007/s12689-023-00105-4
Wei Han, Yajie Gao
{"title":"Correction: The evaluation of innovation in merger control: a comparison between China and other jurisdictions","authors":"Wei Han, Yajie Gao","doi":"10.1007/s12689-023-00105-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12689-023-00105-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29853,"journal":{"name":"China-EU Law Journal","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135537514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-20DOI: 10.1007/s12689-023-00104-5
Niels J. Philipsen
{"title":"Special issue on competition law","authors":"Niels J. Philipsen","doi":"10.1007/s12689-023-00104-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12689-023-00104-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29853,"journal":{"name":"China-EU Law Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136308700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-07DOI: 10.1007/s12689-023-00103-6
Wei Han, Yajie Gao
{"title":"The evaluation of innovation in merger control: a comparison between china and other jurisdictions","authors":"Wei Han, Yajie Gao","doi":"10.1007/s12689-023-00103-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12689-023-00103-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29853,"journal":{"name":"China-EU Law Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":"73 - 95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48772687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-27DOI: 10.1007/s12689-023-00099-z
Qian Li, N. Philipsen, C. Cauffman
{"title":"AI-enabled price discrimination as an abuse of dominance: a law and economics analysis","authors":"Qian Li, N. Philipsen, C. Cauffman","doi":"10.1007/s12689-023-00099-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12689-023-00099-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29853,"journal":{"name":"China-EU Law Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47926459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-20DOI: 10.1007/s12689-023-00100-9
Qian Wu, N. Philipsen
{"title":"Tying by statutory dominant firms under differentiated (stricter) scrutiny? Insights from economic theory and competition practice","authors":"Qian Wu, N. Philipsen","doi":"10.1007/s12689-023-00100-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12689-023-00100-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29853,"journal":{"name":"China-EU Law Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41327379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.1007/s12689-023-00098-0
Chao Wang, Zhuoxin Lin
{"title":"An overview of Macao’s new arbitration law: provisional measures and recognition of arbitral awards","authors":"Chao Wang, Zhuoxin Lin","doi":"10.1007/s12689-023-00098-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12689-023-00098-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29853,"journal":{"name":"China-EU Law Journal","volume":"8 1","pages":"107-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41748723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-13DOI: 10.1007/s12689-023-00101-8
Kena Zheng, Francis G. Snyder
{"title":"China and EU’s wisdom in choosing competition soft law or hard law in the digital era: a perfect match?","authors":"Kena Zheng, Francis G. Snyder","doi":"10.1007/s12689-023-00101-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12689-023-00101-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29853,"journal":{"name":"China-EU Law Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"1 - 26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48571166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-12DOI: 10.1007/s12689-023-00102-7
Tao Wu, Yihan Wang
{"title":"Examining the first amendment of China’s anti-monopoly law: suggestions to improve the regulation on monopoly agreements","authors":"Tao Wu, Yihan Wang","doi":"10.1007/s12689-023-00102-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12689-023-00102-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29853,"journal":{"name":"China-EU Law Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46368246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
扫码关注我们
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
京公网安备 11010802042870号