TY - JOUR
T1 - The Legal Value of General Principles, Technical Norms and Standards in European Nuclear Safety Law: The Imbalance Between Soft and Hard Law and the Need for Global Regulatory Governance
AU - Veuchelen, Ludo
A2 - Ceuterick, Dirk
N1 - Score = 10
PY - 2009/8
Y1 - 2009/8
N2 - In this article we try to draw a global picture of the international regulatory regime on nuclear safety, using standards and optimization principles and highlighting the imbalance between "the rule of law" (meaning hierarchical and legitimate set of rules and norms, established along the lines of a democratic regulatory process) and the many soft laws. The findings of this article underscore the urgent need to move towards establishing a coherent framework for global regulatory governance.
AB - In this article we try to draw a global picture of the international regulatory regime on nuclear safety, using standards and optimization principles and highlighting the imbalance between "the rule of law" (meaning hierarchical and legitimate set of rules and norms, established along the lines of a democratic regulatory process) and the many soft laws. The findings of this article underscore the urgent need to move towards establishing a coherent framework for global regulatory governance.
KW - Nuclear safety law
KW - Nuclear Safery Standards
KW - Standards
KW - General Legal Principles and Technical Norms
KW - Soft- versus Hard Law
KW - Implementation and enforcement in nuclear safety law
KW - Global Regulatory Governance
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_99569
UR - http://knowledgecentre.sckcen.be/so2/bibref/6063
M3 - Article
SN - 0966-1646
VL - 18
SP - 215
EP - 228
JO - European Energy and Environmental Law Review
JF - European Energy and Environmental Law Review
IS - 4
ER -