Energy Justice and Energy Law

by Del Guayo, Iñigo; Godden, Lee; Zillman, Donald D.; Montoya, Milton Fernando; González, José Juan

• ISBN13: 9780198860754
• ISBN10: 0198860757
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2020-07-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

I?igo del Guayo is Professor in Administrative Law at the University of Almer?a. He received his two law Decrees (LLM and PhD) from the University of Navarre. He has researched and published widely in the area of Energy Law, within a wider interest in Public Economic Law and Regulation. He is the
editor and a co-author of the three editions of the Book 'Energy Law in Europe. National, European Union and International Law and Regulation' (Oxford University Press). Since 1995 he has been a member of the Academic Advisory Group (AAG) of the Section on Energy, Environment, Resources &
Infrastructure Law (SEERIL) of the International Bar Association. He is Vice-president of the Spanish Energy Law Association (AEDEN) and member of the Scientific Committee of the European Federation of Energy Law Associations.

Lee Godden is the Director of the Centre of Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law at Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne. She teaches Environmental Law, Water Law, Climate Change and Disaster Law, and Legal Theory. Her research interests include energy law and transition and natural
resources law, property and environmental law scholarship and Indigenous peoples' rights to land and waters. She has published widely in these fields. Previously, she was an Australian Law Reform Commissioner. Currently she is Chair of the Academic Advisory Group, Section on Energy, Environment,
Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL), International Bar Association.

Donald N. Zilllman is Godfrey Professor of Law and former Dean of the University of Maine Law School. He served as President of the University of Maine at Presque Isle from 2006-12. He has written and consulted on energy law matters since the 1980s and has been Lead Editor, Editor, and author on
most of the collaborations of the Academic Advisory Group of the International Bar Association and Oxford University Press since 2002.

Milton Fernando Montoya has completed Post-Doctoral Studies at Dundee University (United Kingdom). He received his PhD in law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), and his master's degree in Energy Law from the Instituto Superior de la Energ?a (Spain). He is a lawyer and Research
Director at the Institute of Mining and Energy Law at Universidad Externado de Colombia. He is an Honorary Lecturer at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee (UK), member of the Academic Advisory Group (AAG), Section on Energy, Environment, Natural
Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL), International Bar Association (IBA), and member of the board of the Colombian Mining and Petroleum Bar Association. He is a founding partner of Estudio Jur?dico Montoya & Asociados, and legal advisor for Colombian mining and energy companies and
authorities.

Jos? Juan Gonz?lez received his LLM in Economic Law from Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico, and his PhD in Environmental Law from the University of Alicante, Spain. He is Full Professor and Researcher at the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico, chairman of the Mexican Institute for
Environmental Law Research, and Director of the Mexican Environmental Law Journal. Professor Gonzalez is a fellow of the National Research System of the Mexican Council of Science and Technology, level III. He is a member of the Governing Council of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and of the
Academic Advisory Group of the International Bar Association, Energy, Environment and Infrastructure Law section. He was Director of the Legal Division of the Attorney General's Office for Environmental Protection. In 1999, he drafted the Environmental Act of Mexico City, which is currently in
force.

Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction
1. Introduction, I?igo del Guayo, Lee Godden, Don Zillman, Milton Fernando Montoya, and Jos? Juan Gonz?lez
Part II. Conceptual and International Law Context
2. Energy justice: understanding the "ethical turn" in energy law and policy, Aileen McHarg
3. Energy poverty and energy access: a legal analysis, I?igo del Guayo
4. And just for all? Energy justice in international law, Catherine Redgwell and Lavanya Rajamani
Part III. Procedural Justice, Community Participation, and Restorative Justice
5. Community energy and a just energy transition: what we know, and what we still need to find out, Annalisa Savaresi
6. Electricity network tariffs regulation and distributive energy justice: balancing the need for new investments and a fair energy transition, Catherine Banet
7. Collaborating with underserved communities to contribute to decarbonization in the U.S., Lee Paddock and Achinthi Vithanage
8. Energy justice along the "New Silk Road": balancing investors' and consumers' rights in Central Asia, Anatole Boute
Part IV. Consumers at the Frontline of a New Energy Justice
9. State protection of energy consumers: between human rights and private sector regulation, Hanri Mostert and Tjakie Naude
10. Energy market reforms in the EU: a new focus on energy poverty and energy (in)justice, Martha Roggenkamp and Lea Diestelmeier
11. Energy justice and energy transition in Australia: from remote access to consumer protection, Lee Godden
Part V. Access to Energy, Poverty, and Distributive Justice
12. Justice and the design of climate change legislation: avoiding regressive measures, Barry Barton and Jennifer Campion
13. Meanings of energy poverty in the South American context: a regional overview, Milton Fernando Montoya and others
14. The challenges of rural electrification in Canada, Al Lucas
15. Energy poverty in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: divergent tales and future prospects, Damilola S. Olawuyi
Part VI. Energy at the Centre of Social (or Recognition) Justice
16. Trump's America and its impact on energy justice, Don Zillman and Don Smith
17. Energy justice, law, and poverty in the context of Mesoamerican countries, Jos? Juan Gonz?lez
18. Energy justice in transitional China: law and policy perspective, Wang Mingyuang and Yang Xue
19. Power to the people? Comparative analyses of energy access in Ghana, Rwanda, and Nigeria, Yinka Omorogbe
Part VII. Conclusion
Conclusion, ??igo del Guayo, Lee Godden, Don Zillman, Milton Fernando Montoya, and Jos? Juan Gonz?lez