From evaluating policy delivery on wind farms in Texas in the US, to developing nuclear power in the Middle East, this book presents fresh thinking on key concepts and ideas on energy law and policy delivery. Experts in energy from across the European Union and the United States contribute short chapters each on how best to achieve energy policy objectives. The contributors write from a range of perspectives, including the sciences, law, politics, economics and engineering.
Raphael Heffron is a qualified lawyer and Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds and Associate Researcher at the Energy Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge. He has published in many energy law and policy journals such as:
Oil, Gas and Energy Law;
International Energy Law Review;
Journal of World Energy Law and Business;
Technology Forecasting and Social Change;
Energy Policy; and
Applied Energy. Raphael's research interests are in energy and electricity policy and in particular on low carbon emitting energy. He is a contributing author to
Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years, E, Sutherland, K Goodall, G Little and F Davidson (eds), Edinburgh University Press, 2011.
Gavin Little is Head of Division of Law and Philosophy and Head of the Stirling Law School, and Professor of Public Law. He is an editor and contributing author to
Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years, E, Sutherland, K Goodall, G Little and F Davidson (eds), Edinburgh University Press, 2011.
Raphael Heffron is Professor for Global Energy Law & Sustainability at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee. Raphael is currently Co-Chair of the UK Energy Law and Policy Association; Visiting Professor in Energy Law at the International Hellenic University (Greece); Associate Researcher at the Energy Policy Research Group at the University of Cambridge; Visiting Professor at Paris-Dauphine University (Paris, France); Visiting Lecturer at the ESCP Business School (London and Paris) and Visiting Professor at the University of the West Indies (Trinidad & Tobago).
Gavin Little is Head of Division of Law and Philosophy and Head of the Stirling Law School, and Professor of Public Law at the University of Stirling. He is an editor and contributing author to Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years, E, Sutherland, K Goodall, G Little and F Davidson (eds), Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2011.From the APFProfessor Little’s main areas of interest are environmental law and regulation; public law; perspectives on legal scholarship; and legal history. His approach is broadly socio-legal, and he has a particular interest in exploring law in cross-disciplinary contexts. A key theme in his work is the integration of legal/regulatory analysis with politics, public administration, science, history, and culture, and he has published in these areas in journals such as the Modern Law Review, the Journal of Law and Society and Legal Studies.
