Agricultural Law: Current Issues from a Global Perspective

Book Overview

Agricultural Law from a Global Perspective: An Introduction by Mariagrazia Alabrese.- Part I - Environmental Protection and Food Security at the Cross-roads with Agricultural Law: Sustainable Agricultural Production, Environmental Sustainability and Food Security: How to Frame the Legal Intervention? by Elisa Morgera and Andrea Saba.- The Ecological and Perpetual Dimensions of European Food Security: The Case for Sustainable Agriculture by Alicia Epstein.- International Law on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Towards a New Balance? by Anna Giulia Micara.- Result-based Agri-environmental Schemes for Delivering Ecosystem Services in the EU: Established Issues and Emerging Trends by Andrea Saba.- The Legal Instruments for Agri-environmental Goals and the Influence of International Factors: The Case of Swiss Agricultural Policies by Christa Preisig.- Part II - Emerging Consumers' Interests: Answers from the Agri-food Regulation: The Emerging Interests of Consumers: Answers from the Agri-food Regulation by Vito Rubino.- Insects in Agriculture: Traditional Roles and Beyond by Valeria Paganizza.- Animal Welfare Standards in Agriculture: Drivers; Implications; Interface? by Diane Ryland.- Legal Pluralism and the Regulation of Raw Milk Sales in Canada: Creating Space for Multiple Normative Orders at the Food Policy Table by Sarah Berger Richardson.- Food E-commerce as a New Tool for the Growth of the Economy. European Legal Framework for Information of Pre-packed Food Sold Online by Silvia Rolandi.- Part III - Land Tenure, Investment Law and Agriculture: Land Governance, Investment Law, Agriculture and The Rights of Local Populations by Adriana Bessa and Margherita Brunori.- Access to Land and Security of Tenure in the Resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly by Margherita Brunori.- Global Land Rush, Water Grabbing and the Human Right to Water by Francesca Spagnuolo.- The Regulatory Vicious Circle of Investment Operations in Agriculture by Federica Violi.- Between Customary and Statutory Tenure: Understanding Large-scale Land Acquisitions in Zambia by Margherita Baldarelli.- Agricultural Land Ownership as Food Sovereignty - The Case of Slovakia by Jarmila Lazíková and Katarína Dirgasová.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319878638
• ISBN13: 9783319878638
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.3" x 6.1"