Transnational sustainability laws /

Transnational sustainability laws /

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Author / Creator:Paiement, Phillip, author.
Imprint:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
©2017
Description:x, 349 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Global law series
Global law series.
Subject:
Sustainable development -- Law and legislation.
Environmental law, International.
Palm oil industry -- Law and legislation.
Environmental law, International.
Sustainable development -- Law and legislation.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11398680
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ISBN:9781108417914
1108417914
9781108405997
1108405991
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-342) and index.
Summary:"Transnational standards related to the environmental and social sustainability of production processes are becoming commonplace governance tools in the global economy. This book demonstrates how sustainability standards serve two fundamentally different functions: coordination and regulation. Standards can coordinate like-minded businesses in an industry by demarcating common sustainability commitments to distinguish between sustainable and unsustainable sectors of the industry. Yet, standards can also regulate businesses, requiring them to change production and trade practices to align with the sustainability demands of third-parties, including trading partners, advocacy groups, consumers and other civil society constituencies. These two functions reflect the private and public lenses, respectively, through which legal scholars can assess standards as transnational sustainability laws. With key case studies in forestry standards, palm oil standards, and the ISEAL Alliance, this book demonstrates how socio-legal analyses of transnational rulemaking inform debates about global administrative law and the constitutionalization of the global economy"--

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