Reforming Energy Law at a National Level

DOI

10.2991/iceml-18.2018.64How to use a DOI?

Keywords

energy law; energy life-cycle; evolution of energy law; drivers of energy law; principles of energy law

Abstract

This short chapter provides a brief introduction to the key steps of how to reform energy law. Initially, there is a need to understand energy law and its origin and its relationship with other disciplines through the energy life-cycle. Then the article details the drivers of energy law, four recent positive developments, and finally the seven principles of energy law. Finally, there is a discussion on legal certainty and how it is developed through the application of the energy law principles and the recent new initiatives. As legal certainty will provide the platform for long-term change in energy sector through ensuring there is investment.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Raphael J Heffron
PY  - 2018/09
DA  - 2018/09
TI  - Reforming Energy Law at a National Level
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Energy and Mining Law (ICEML 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 290
EP  - 293
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iceml-18.2018.64
DO  - 10.2991/iceml-18.2018.64
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