Foreword

Christophe Verdure

Part I. The relations between consumers and the environment

Sustainable Consumption, Consumer Policy and the Law

Klaus Tonner

Droits fondamentaux et protection de l'environnement dans l'ordre juridique de l'UE et dans la CEDH

Nicolas de Sadeleer

The Aarhus Convention: a tool for environmental democracy and defending consumers' rights on the

environment

Esther Pozo Vera

Part II. The protection of consumers through environmental regulation

Protecting consumers or failing them? The regulation of nanotechnologies in the EU

Geert Van Calster, Diana M. Bowman and Joel D'Silva

The status of consumers in European water regulation

H.F.M. W. (Marleen) van Rijswick

EU Climate change law and consumers

Javier de Cendra de Larragán

Part III. Environmental liability regimes

The environmental liability directive in a more sustainable future: a quest to rejuvenate its approach after

Lisbon?

Sandra Cassotta

The Environmental Crime Directive 2008/99/EC

Michael G. Faure

The EU regulatory framework on criminal sanctions for ship-source pollution - A consumer law perspective

in accordance with international law

Gwendoline Gonsaeles