Law and Agroecology

Abstract

Part I: Law and Agroecology: Crossing the Boundaries Between Natural, Social and Legal Sciences: 1. History and Development of Agroecology and Theory of Agroecosystems by Fabio Caporali.- 2. Regulation of Agroecosystems: A Social Systems Analysis of Agroecology and Law by Egon B. Noe and Hugo F. Alroe.- 3. Addressing Law and Agroecosystems, Sovereignty and Sustainability from a Legal Pluralistic Perspective by Otto Hospes.- 4. From Agroecology and Law to Agroecological Law? Exploring Integration Between Scientia Ruris and Scientia Iuris by Massimo Monteduro.- 5. Agriculture, Environment and Law Between Ancient Experiences and Present Knowledge: Some Remarks by Pierangelo Buongiorno.- 6. Agriculture and the Environment in International Law: Towards a New Legal Paradigm? by Saverio Di Benedetto.- 7. Ecosystem Services: European Agricultural Law and Rural Development by Brian Jack.- 8. The Rural Development Programme (RDP) as a Strategic Tool for Linking Legal and Agroecological Perspectives by Giuseppina Buia and Mariacristina Antonucci.- Part II: Multidimensional Relations Between Land, Agriculture and the Environment: 9. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): Achievements and Future Prospects by Alessandro Isoni.- 10. Environment, Landscape, Agriculture and Food in the Framework of State and Regional Legislative Powers as per Art. 117 of the Italian Constitution by Michele Troisi.- 11. The Relationship between Agricultural Law and Environmental Law in Italy by Eloisa Cristiani.- 12. The Relationship between Agricultural Law and Environmental Law in France by Carole Hermon.- 13. The Relationship between Agricultural Law and Environmental Law in Hungary by Janos Ede Szilagyi.- 14. The Relationship between Agricultural Law and Environmental Law in The United States of America by Elizabeth Dooley.- 15. Crossing the Boundaries between Agricultural Law and Landscape Law: The Rural Landscape by Marco Brocca.- 16. Agri-Food Market And Eco-Oriented Consumer Law: Towards a New Model by Sara Tommasi.- 17. Emerging Land-Use Cross-Scale Patterns and the Pirsig's Monkey Trap by Giovanni Zurlini, Teodoro Semeraro, Roberta Aretano, Maria Rita Pasimeni, Antonella De Marco, Idelberto Castorini, Nicola Zaccarelli, and Irene Petrosillo.- 18. Reshaping Agriculture toward a Transition to a Post-Fossil Bioeconomy by Massimo Monteleone.- 19. Biofuel Regulation in the EU: A Failure in the Path towards Environmental Sustainability and Food Security? by Mariagrazia Alabrese.- Part III: Rural Sustainable Development and Rural Civilization: 20. Agroecology and Politics: On the Importance of Public Policies in Europe by Manuel Gonzalez de Molina Navarro.- 21. Sustainability Science: A Possible Strategy to Enhance Resilience to Climate and Rural Ecosystem Changes by Stefano Grego and Vincenzo Naso.- 22. Agriculture, Climate Change and Law by Scilla Vernile.- 23. Knowledge-Based Greening as a New Bioeconomy Strategy for Development: Agroecological Utopia or Revolution? by Emmanuel G. Koukios.- 24. Agrobiodiversity, Intellectual Property Rights and Right to Food: The Case of Andean Countries by Maurizia Pierri.- 25. The Constitutional Dimension of Traditional Rural Skills: Protection and Promotion by Antonello Denuzzo.- 26. On the Humanity of Land by Achille de Nitto.