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Shale Gas, the Environment and Energy Security: A New Framework for Energy Regulation

Shale Gas, the Environment and Energy Security: A New Framework for Energy Regulation

Author: Ruven C. Fleming
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781786433169
Published In: September 2017
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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This pioneering and in-depth study into the regulation of shale gas extraction examines how changes in the constitutional set-ups of EU Member States over the last 25 years have substantially altered the legal leverage of environmental protection and energy security as state objectives.

In this timely book, Ruven Fleming argues that the practical consequence of these changes has been the self-inflicted curtailment of legislative discretion. The first to formally assess the legality of fracking bans and moratoria, he exposes their flawed construction, revealing that the current regulations could be successfully challenged in front of courts of EU Member States. Reaching beyond shale gas, innovative chapters further propose a new methodology – the so called triad of objectives, principles and rules – to develop legally sound regulation of new energy technologies in the context of the energy transition.

Students and scholars across environmental and energy law will find this book an essential contribution to the sparse literature regarding the legal aspects of fracking and shale gas in Europe. The focus on a new legal methodology will also provide guidance to decision makers and regulators alike.

PART I INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction

PART II SHALE GAS, EU AND MEMBER STATE REGULATION
2. Shale Gas in a Nutshell - Technology, Issues, Benefits
3. Shale Gas and EU Law
4. Shale Gas and National Law

PART III A NEW METHODOLOGY FOR ENERGY REGULATION: THE TRIAS OF OBJECTIVES, PRINCIPLES, RULES
5. Objectives and Shale Gas
6. Principles and Shale Gas
7. Rules and Shale Gas

PART IV CONCLUSIONS
8. Conclusions Bibliography

Index