Law, agency and sustainability: the role of law in creating sustainability agency

• Main Author: Salminen, Jaakko (auth)
• Other Authors: Rajavuori, Mikko (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK and Northampton MA, USA Edward Elgar Publishing 2021
• Subjects: RNU; KJG; KJR; GBC; sustainability; economic agency; law; private law; production; industrial organization
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This chapter focuses on the role of law on sustainability agency. Earlier research has focused primarily on law as an instrument for calibrating existing agency towards sustainability ex post, for example through regulatory interventions geared towards steering actors towards lower carbon emissions...