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Citation

Ponce J, Peñalver A, Capdeferro O, Burton L. Stud. Law Polit. Soc. 2015; 68: 189-225.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Emerald Group Publishing)

DOI

10.1108/S1059-433720150000068006

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The law of catastrophic wildfire prevention and response in the Mediterranean member states of the European Union stands in stark contrast to that of common law nation states such as Australia and the United States. This is due primarily to the higher levels of reciprocal moral and legal obligations between governments and citizens established in various sources of European law. Focusing on the relationship between the EU, Spain, and the Autonomous Community of Catalonia within Spain, this chapter describes these three legal frameworks as they are nested within each other, followed by some case law examples of these laws in action. We compare and contrast the philosophical assumptions underlying the utilitarian cost-benefit approach to regulatory justification used in the United States with the precautionary principle model emblematic of the European Union, the member state of Spain, and its Autonomous Community of Catalonia. Regardless of approach, protection of the public health, safety, and welfare will only be as robust and effective as the government agencies that have that responsibility, and the degree of cooperation with those agencies of the citizens they serve.

Keywords: Wildfire, European union, Spain, Catalonia, reciprocal


Language: en

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