Contemporary Issues in Environmental Law The EU and Japan

This book presents a variety of articles on contemporary issues in environmental law by eminent university professors of environmental law, international public law, European Union law, and comparative law in Europe and Japan. It is the first book in the

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Yumiko Nakanishi Editor

Contemporary Issues in Environmental Law The EU and Japan

Environmental Protection in the European Union Volume 5 Series Editors Michael Schmidt, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus, Germany Lothar Knopp, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/5487

Environmental Protection in the European Union Volume 1 M. Schmidt, L. Knopp Reform in CEE-Countries with Regard to European Enlargement 2004, XII, 205 pages ISBN 978-3-540-40259-6 Volume 2 M. Schmidt, E. Joa˜o, E. Albrecht Implementing Strategic Environmental Assessment 2005, XXXII, 742 pages ISBN 978-3-540-20562-3 Volume 3 M. Schmidt et al. Standards and Thresholds for Impact Assessment 2008, XXIX, 493 pages ISBN 978-3-540-31140-9 Volume 4 E. Albrecht et al. Implementing Adaptation Strategies by Legal, Economic and Planning Instruments on Climate Change 2014, XVI, 356 pages ISBN 978-3-540-77613-0

Yumiko Nakanishi Editor

Contemporary Issues in Environmental Law The EU and Japan

Editor Yumiko Nakanishi Kunitachi, Tokyo Japan

ISSN 1613-8694 Environmental Protection in the European Union ISBN 978-4-431-55434-9 ISBN 978-4-431-55435-6 DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-55435-6

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Preface

The EU Studies Institute in Tokyo (EUSI Tokyo) is a consortium of Hitotsubashi University, Keio University, and Tsuda College. It is sponsored by the European Union and promotes academic education, research, and activities engendering public knowledge of the EU in Japan. It aims at strengthening the relations between Japan and the EU. As outreach and academic activities,