• Produktbild: Private Sector Environmental Information and the Law
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Private Sector Environmental Information and the Law

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

28.07.2023

Verlag

Taylor & Francis

Seitenzahl

300

Maße (L/B/H)

24/16.1/2.1 cm

Gewicht

453 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-03-230976-7

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

28.07.2023

Verlag

Taylor & Francis

Seitenzahl

300

Maße (L/B/H)

24/16.1/2.1 cm

Gewicht

453 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-03-230976-7

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Private Sector Environmental Information and the Law
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  • Acknowledgements

    List of acronyms and abbreviations

    1. Introduction
      1. Why now?
      2. Background and scope
      3. Normative Framework

    2. Preliminary Notions of the Right to Know and the Private Sector
      1. Legal and Historical Precedents of Access to Environmental Information
        1. Transition to democratic state models
        2. The transparency trend
        3. 'Information governance' and environmental reform
        4. The evolution of human rights theory

      2. Fundamental notions of Private Entities
        1. Public v Private
        2. Definition of Private Entities
        3. Public and Private Information
        4. The protection of business confidentiality

      3. The Aarhus Convention: Fundamental concepts and contribution
        1. Environmental Participation under Aarhus
        2. Contribution and innovative features

      4. Characterisation of the Right to Access Environmental Information
        1. Recognition of the right to information as a human right
          1. The Right to Access Environmental Information in International Law
          2. Influence of International Law in regional and national jurisdictions
          3. Statutory and constitutional recognition of the right to information
          4. The right of access to environmental information at national level

        2. Systems for public participation in environmental matters
        3. Scope of the Laws providing Access to Information
          1. Scope of beneficiaries: Is access to information provided without discrimination and without having to state an interest?
          2. Material scope: What information can be accessed?
            1. Data, information and knowledge
            2. Restrictions based on format
            3. The definition of 'Environmental Information'
            4. Access to 'relevant' environmental information in decision-making processes

          3. Scope of obligated subjects
          4. Scope of exempted information
          5. Access to Private Sector Environmental Information
            1. Why increase access to private sector environmental information?
            2. Indirect access through public authorities
              1. Active disclosure: from the private duty to report to the public obligation to inform
              2. Passive access: Indirect access by request to a public authority

            3. Direct access to environmental information held by private entities
              1. Private entities included in the definition of 'public authorities'
              2. Private entities not included in the definition of 'public authorities'
              3. Private entities active disclosure

            4. The Protection of Trade Secrets and 'Confidential Business Information'
              1. Why is business confidentiality worthy of protection?
              2. Defining 'confidential business information'
              3. The logic behind the protection of CBI
                1. Trade secrets as property
                2. Trade secrets as Intellectual Property
                3. Trade secrets as Human Rights

              4. Statutes for the protection of CBI
                1. Trade secrets under international law
                2. CBI protection and national level
                3. CBI not qualifying as trade secrets or IP
                4. Types of CBI and trade secrets with special protection

              5. Protection of CBI and trade secrets via exceptions to disclosure
                1. Access to information about emissions into the environment according to the CJEU

              6. Problems of the System for Access to Private Sector Information
                1. Shortcomings of the public/private divide for access to environmental information
                  1. No clear criteria to assimilate private entities to public authorities
                  2. Deficiencies of corporate transparency
                  3. The organic focus of access laws

                2. Overlapping between the definitions of 'environmental information' and 'confidential business information'
                  1. Cost-benefit analysis and other financial information
                  2. Technical information about hazardous activities or products
                  3. Chemical substances
                  4. Health and safety data
                  5. Environmental Impact Assessments and other relevant information on specific projects
                  6. Geotechnical information and natural resource's locations

                3. Inconsistencies in the applicable laws
                4. The current toolbox for solving conflicts between access to environmental information and the protection of CBI
                5. Proposal to Reform Access to Environmental Information
                  1. Matrix of Values
                  2. Integrated contextual analysis instead of 'balancing of interests'

                6. Conclusions and Recommendations
                  1. Colombia
                  2. The US
                  3. The EU