[en] The question is whether the traditional administrative law instruments, authoritarian, are best suited for environmental protection. The rational economic agent or capitalist is not naturally inclined to protect the environment. The environmental law almost always must thwart individual liberty and the pursuit of profit or comfort. Consequently, consensual and non-binding instruments are not the most naturally suited to protecting the environment. The main legal instruments of environmental law are reviewed: prohibition, authorization, non-legal action, gentlemen's agreements, contracts, tax incentives, market pollution…
Research Center/Unit :
Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis Bruxelles
Disciplines :
Public law
Author, co-author :
Pâques, Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de droit > Droit public et administratif
Language :
French
Title :
Instruments souples, instruments non contraignants, instruments du marché : une alternative pertinente ?
Alternative titles :
[en] Flexible instruments, non-binding instruments, market instruments: an relevant alternative for environmental protection ?
Publication date :
2010
Main work title :
Acteurs et outils du droit de l'environnement. Développements récents, développements (peut-être) à venir
Main work alternative title :
[en] Actors and tools of environmental law. Recent developments, developments (maybe) coming
