Environmental Law in Transformation
$80.70
- Hardcover
250 pages
- Release Date
26 September 2026
Summary
This open access book examines the changing role of environmental law as it evolves from a framework primarily concerned with limiting environmental harm into an instrument for actively shaping the ecological transformation of society. Environmental law is increasingly expected to steer long-term change across energy systems, land use, and entire economic sectors. Environmental Law in Transformation provides a systematic analysis of this emerging legal paradigm and the governance challenges i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783032315663 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3032315662 |
| Author: | Moritz Reese, Till Markus, Romina Schaller |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Imprint: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 250 |
| Release Date: | 26 September 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 155mm x 235mm |

Moritz Reese
Prof. Dr. Moritz Reese is Head of the Department of Environmental and Planning Law at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ and Professor of European Environmental Law at the Faculty of Law of Leipzig University. His research focuses on European and national environmental law, particularly water law, circular economy law, climate adaptation, nature conservation, and sustainable urban and infrastructure planning. He also serves as Chair of the European Environmental Law Forum (EELF) and co-editor of leading environmental law journals.
PD Dr. Till Markus, LL.M., is Deputy Head of the Department of Environmental and Planning Law at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ and a Privatdozent at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bremen. His research and teaching focus on international, European, and comparative environmental law, with particular emphasis on climate, energy, marine and biodiversity law, as well as legal theory.
Dr. Romina Schaller is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Environmental and Planning Law at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, where she also coordinates the Competence Network Challenges of Environmental Law (KomUR). Her research focuses on international and European environmental law, particularly climate change mitigation, ecosystem services, sustainable development, and the governance of carbon dioxide removal technologies (CDR).
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