Book contents
- The Right of Access to Environmental Information
- The Right of Access to Environmental Information
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Decisions of the Information Commissioner (England and Wales)
- Table of International Instruments
- Table of Findings and Recommendations of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee and Decisions of the Meeting of the Parties
- Table of European Union Legislative Instruments
- Table of National Legislative Instruments
- Table of Official Documents, Explanatory Memorandum and Guidance Documents
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Bridging the Gaps between Jurisdictions
- 3 The Aarhus Convention
- 4 The Environmental Information Regime in England
- 5 The Right of Access to Environmental Information in the United States
- 6 East Meets West
- 7 The Future Development of the Right of Access to Environmental Information
- 8 Conclusions, Key Findings and Future Directions
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Bridging the Gaps between Jurisdictions
Analysing Legal Transplant Theory as a Means of Legal Reform
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 November 2021
Book contents
- The Right of Access to Environmental Information
- The Right of Access to Environmental Information
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Decisions of the Information Commissioner (England and Wales)
- Table of International Instruments
- Table of Findings and Recommendations of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee and Decisions of the Meeting of the Parties
- Table of European Union Legislative Instruments
- Table of National Legislative Instruments
- Table of Official Documents, Explanatory Memorandum and Guidance Documents
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Bridging the Gaps between Jurisdictions
- 3 The Aarhus Convention
- 4 The Environmental Information Regime in England
- 5 The Right of Access to Environmental Information in the United States
- 6 East Meets West
- 7 The Future Development of the Right of Access to Environmental Information
- 8 Conclusions, Key Findings and Future Directions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 starts by discussing legal transplant theory, setting out the core elements of the theory as conceptualised by Watson and the subsequent critique by Legrand. The chapter then considers the modern developments of legal transplant theory, in particular the theory of legal translation, and incorporates them into its own application of the theory. After justifying the application of legal transplant theory, the chapter concludes by highlighting how legal transplant theory can be applied in both this area of law and the three jurisdictions selected for analysis.
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- The Right of Access to Environmental Information , pp. 16 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021