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Joanne Scott
Professor of European Law and Director of the Centre for Law and Governance in Europe, University College London; and Visiting Professor of Law and John Harvey Gregory Lecturer on World Organizations, Harvard Law School (2005-06) 2005-06 Marshall-Monnet Lecture "New Governance in EU Environmental Regulation" Monday, 24 April 2006 12:00 p.m. 7200 Law School (Lubar Commons) Sponsored by the UW-Madison's EU Center of Excellence Institute for Legal Studies (ILS) and Global Legal Studies Initiative (GLSI) the Center for World Affairs & the Global Economy (WAGE) the Wisconsin Project on Governance & Regulation (WISGAR) and the International Institute Governance Research Circle Comments by Panelists: The lecture will be followed by comments by Carin Clauss, Nathan P. Feinsinger Professor of Labor Law, Mary Schlaefer, Executive Assistant to the Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Mark McDermid, Bureau Director, Cooperative Environmental Assistance, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. David Trubek, Voss-Bascom Professor of Law & Senior Fellow, Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), will serve as host and moderator. Joanne Scott joined the Faculty of Law at University College London in July 2005, after teaching at the University of Cambridge and Clare College, Cambridge. She is a regular visiting professor at Columbia Law School, and is visiting at Harvard Law School during 2005/06. Professor Scott's main areas of research are in EU Law, WTO Law, and the interface between the two. She is particularly interested in law and new approaches to governance, with a specific interest in environment and public health. She is currently preparing a commentary on the SPS Agreement. This will form part of an Oxford University Press series of commentaries on the various WTO Agreements. She is also part of a Framework 6 research team looking at New Modes of Governance in the EU, and specifically at the legal dimension thereof. For further details, see http://www.eu-newgov.org/ Professor Scott's recent publications include the following: Law and New Approaches to Governance in the EU and US (co-editor with Gráinne de Búrca, Hart Publishing, forthcoming, 2005); "International Trade and Environmental Governance: Relating Rules (and Standards) in the EU and the WTO," European Journal of International Law 15 (2004): 307-54; "European Regulation of GMOs: Thinking about Judicial Review in the WTO," in Current Legal Problems, ed. Holder and Freeman (Oxford University Press, 2005); and "Mind the Gap: Law and New Approaches to Governance in the European Union" (with David Trubek), European Law Journal 2002: 1-18. Abstract: The EU is in a period of intense experimentation in environmental policy-making. This is signified by two distinct trends; a move towards economic instruments in the form of emissions trading, and a preference for governance over command and control. This experimentation reflects the contested nature of the EU project, and legitimacy as well as effectiveness concerns in environmental policy-making. In the governance dimension, it is marked by institutional innovation in the form of multi-level collaborative problem solving, and by the emergence of a unique form of federalism. This implies a transformation in the nature and role of law, including a marked proceduralisation and increasing recourse to soft law. This lecture will examine the nature of environmental federalism in the EU, and some elements of the turn to governance. It will do so by reference to practical examples, including impact assessment, integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC), and water policy. It will highlight some of the challenges that environmental governance presents for law and for lawyers. Free CLE credit: Approved for 2.0 hours of general Continuing Legal Education Credit by the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners. Register on site -- Advance registration is not required and there is no fee. Lunch provided: A light lunch will be provided starting at 11:45 on a first come, first served basis -- Brown bag attendees also welcome. |