Law and Agroecology: A Transdisciplinary Dialogue

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
History and Development of Agroecology and Theory of Agroecosystems....Pages 3-29
Regulation of Agroecosystems: A Social Systems Analysis of Agroecology and Law....Pages 31-45
Addressing Law and Agroecosystems, Sovereignty and Sustainability from a Legal Pluralistic Perspective....Pages 47-56
Agriculture, Environment and Law Between Ancient Experiences and Present Knowledge: Some Remarks....Pages 57-86
Agriculture and the Environment in International Law: Towards a New Legal Paradigm?....Pages 87-98
Ecosystem Services: European Agricultural Law and Rural Development....Pages 99-125
The Rural Development Programme (RDP) as a Strategic Tool for Linking Legal and Agroecological Perspectives....Pages 127-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-182
The Common Agriculture Policy (CAP): Achievements and Future Prospects....Pages 183-183
Environment, Landscape, Agriculture, and Food in the Framework of State and Regional Legislative Powers as per Art. 117 of the Italian Constitution....Pages 185-206
The Relationship Between Agricultural Law and Environmental Law in Italy....Pages 207-226
The Relationship Between Agricultural Law and Environmental Law in France....Pages 227-239
The Relationship Between Agricultural Law and Environmental Law in Hungary....Pages 241-263
The Relationship Between Agricultural Law and Environmental Law in the United States of America....Pages 265-278
Crossing the Boundaries Between Agricultural Law and Landscape Law: The Rural Landscape....Pages 279-293
The Agri-Food Market and Eco-Oriented Consumer Law: Towards a New Model....Pages 295-320
Emerging Land-Use Cross-Scale Patterns and the Pirsig’s Monkey Trap....Pages 321-332
Reshaping Agriculture Toward a Transition to a Post-Fossil Bioeconomy....Pages 333-357
Biofuel Regulation in the EU: A Failure in the Path Towards Environmental Sustainability and Food Security?....Pages 359-376
Front Matter....Pages 377-392
Agroecology and Politics: On the Importance of Public Policies in Europe....Pages 393-393
Front Matter....Pages 395-410
Sustainability Science: A Possible Strategy to Enhance Resilience to Climate and Rural Ecosystem Changes....Pages 393-393
Agriculture, Climate Change and Law....Pages 411-422
Knowledge-Based Greening as a New Bioeconomy Strategy for Development: Agroecological Utopia or Revolution?....Pages 423-437
Agrobiodiversity, Intellectual Property Rights and Right to Food: The Case of Andean Countries....Pages 439-450
The Constitutional Dimension of Traditional Rural Skills: Protection and Promotion....Pages 451-469
On the Humanity of Land....Pages 471-478
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