Constitutional discussions on nuclear energy in Germany / Robert Rybski.
2024
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Author
Rybski, Robert, author.
Title
Constitutional discussions on nuclear energy in Germany / Robert Rybski.
Imprint
Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
Description
1 online resource.
Series
Routledge studies in energy policy.
Formatted Contents Note
Setting the scene : 40 years of nuclear phase-outs in Germany
Energy security as a constitutionally protected value
Nuclear energy in the German Constitution
The concept of unavoidable risk (Restrisiko) in the jurisprudence of the federal constitutional court.
Energy security as a constitutionally protected value
Nuclear energy in the German Constitution
The concept of unavoidable risk (Restrisiko) in the jurisprudence of the federal constitutional court.
Summary
"This book analyses the German constitutional system's responses towards nuclear energy. Robert Rybski begins with a presentation of energy security as a constitutional value and explores how it connects with nuclear energy. He also examines constitutional standards derived from the German Constitution, which directly regulates nuclear energy issues within the German system of power. The book presents the structure of sources of law that are binding in the area of security of nuclear installations and considers the impact that The European Atomic Energy Community had on the German constitutional system. The final part of the book is devoted to a novel judicial concept of the so-called Restrisiko - a risk that cannot be avoided - which has been developed in the jurisprudence of the Federal Constitutional Court. The essence of this concept is an assumption that as long as the legal framework regulating nuclear energy fulfils conditions formulated in that judgment, then each citizen has to accept risks resulting from the nuclear energy sector. Covering the entire period of commercial usage of nuclear energy for power generation, this book will be of great interest to students, scholars and energy experts who are active in researching or adopting public policies related to the nuclear energy sector"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical Data
Robert Rybski is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, Poland.
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Available in Other Form
Print version: Rybski, Robert. Constitutional discussions on nuclear energy in Germany Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024
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Language
English
ISBN
9781003448907 (ebook)
1003448909
9781040046296 (electronic book : PDF)
1040046290 (electronic book : PDF)
9781040046333 (electronic book : EPUB)
1040046339 (electronic book : EPUB)
9781032580906 (hardback)
9781032581781 (paperback)
1003448909
9781040046296 (electronic book : PDF)
1040046290 (electronic book : PDF)
9781040046333 (electronic book : EPUB)
1040046339 (electronic book : EPUB)
9781032580906 (hardback)
9781032581781 (paperback)
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