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The Role of Epistemic Communities in Formulating EU Policy: The PrecisionTox Project 认识论社区在制定欧盟政策中的作用：PrecisionTox 项目

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Transnational Environmental Law Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1017/s204710252400027x

Aleksandra Čavoški, Robert Lee, Laura Holden

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The Role of Science and Historiography in the Development of Transnational Environmental Law: A New History of the 1900 London Convention for the Preservation of African Wildlife 科学和历史学在跨国环境法发展中的作用：1900 年《保护非洲野生动物伦敦公约》的新历史

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Transnational Environmental Law Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1017/s2047102524000311

James Hickling

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Echoes Through Time: Transforming Climate Litigation Narratives on Future Generations 时间的回声：改变关于后代的气候诉讼叙事

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Transnational Environmental Law Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI: 10.1017/s2047102524000177

Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Alofipo So'o alo Fleur Ramsay

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Hope-Bearing Legislation? The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 承载希望的立法？2015 年（威尔士）后代福祉法

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Transnational Environmental Law Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1017/s2047102524000219

Elen Stokes, Caer Smyth

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Transnational Governance of Soybean Land Use in South America: A Polycentric Approach 南美洲大豆土地利用的跨国治理：多中心方法

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Transnational Environmental Law Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1017/s2047102524000268

Zhang Min, Fernando Romero Wimer

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Value Chains and Environmental Impact Assessments: Lessons from Two French Legal Cases on Bioenergy Facilities 价值链与环境影响评估：从法国两起生物能源设施法律案件中汲取的教训

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Transnational Environmental Law Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1017/s2047102524000232

Clément Lasselin, Sébastien Barot, Anouk Barberousse

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Looking to Livestock: Gauging the Evolution of the EU's Agri-Climate Law and Policy 展望畜牧业：衡量欧盟农业气候法律和政策的演变

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Transnational Environmental Law Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1017/s2047102524000256

Rebecca Williams

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A Critical Review of the Energy Charter Treaty from an Earth System Law Perspective 从地球系统法的角度对《能源宪章条约》进行批判性审查

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Transnational Environmental Law Pub Date : 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1017/s2047102524000244

Endrius Cocciolo, Leonie Reins

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Fuzzy Universality in Climate Change Litigation 气候变化诉讼中的模糊普遍性

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Transnational Environmental Law Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1017/s2047102524000141

Emma Lees, Emilie Gjaldbæk-Sverdrup

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Children and Future Generations Rights before the Courts: The Vexed Question of Definitions 法院面前的儿童与后代权利：令人纠结的定义问题

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Transnational Environmental Law Pub Date : 2024-09-27 DOI: 10.1017/s2047102524000165

Aoife Nolan

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