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This edition of the Environmental Law series surveys the newly expanded landscape of environmental governance institutions and instruments. Part I: examines the use of market-based regulatory systems, ranging from the use of tradeable emission rights in air to a host of other incentive based instruments that have been deployed in other media. Part II: explores calls for exclusive reliance upon private property rights to address environmental degradation and protect natural resources. Part III: looks at the use of negotiation to set and enforce environmental standards. Part IV considers liability-based regimes for deterring and remedying environmental contamination and compensating victims of environmental harm. Part V: surveys a wide range of regulatory tools based on information disclosure from impact analysis to emissions disclosure and product labelling. Part VI: explores self-governance institutions, ranging from industry-developed environmental management systems to formal and informal regimes for the protection of common property resources. Part VII: examines normative and positive perspectives on the choice of institutions and instruments governing the environment.

Contents
Market Based Instruments
James Salzman and J.B. Ruhl (2000) Currencies and the Commodification of Environmental Law. Free Market Environmentalism
Terry L. Anderson and Donald R. Leal (1992) Free Market Versus Political Environmentalism
Alison Rieser (1999) Prescriptions for the Commons
Environmental Scholarship and the Fishing Quotas Debate. Contractual Approaches
David A. Dana (2000) The New 'Contractarian' Paradigm in Environmental Regulation. Liability Approaches
Peter S.Menell (1991) The Limitations of Legal Institutions for Addressing Environmental Risks. Information Disclosure
Bradley C. Karkkainen (2001) Information as Environmental Regulation
TRI and Performance Benchmarking, Precursor to a New Paradigm?
Peter S. Menell (1995) Structuring a Market-Oriented Federal Eco-Information Policy. Industry and Community Based Governance Institutions
Eric W. Orts (1995) Reflexive Environmental Law. Analysis of Institutional and Instrument Choice
Neil Gunningham and Darren Sinclair (1999) Regulatory Pluralism
Designing Policy Mixes for Environmental Protection
Nathaniel O. Keohane, Richard L. Revesz and Robert N. Stavins (1998) The Choice of Regulatory Instruments in Environmental Policy. Name index.

Author Biography: About the Editor: Peter S. Menell, Professor of Law, Executive Director, Berekeley Center for Law and Technology, University of California at Berkeley School of Law, USA

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