Society for environmental law
The Society for Environmental Law (GfU) is a German scientific specialist society founded in Berlin in 1976 , an association for lawyers who deal with environmental law . The headquarters of the office is now in Kleinmachnow, Brandenburg .
activities
The most important task of the association, besides networking the members, is the implementation of specialist conferences. Once a year there is an annual scientific conference. The documentation of the results is published by the Erich Schmidt Verlag. In addition, if possible, special meetings are held in work teams on special specialist topics.
The EPG is a member of the European Society for Environmental Law (European Environmental Law Association, abbreviated EELA).
Regular activities also include awarding an environmental law prize for monographs (usually dissertations ) in the field of German, European and international environmental law. The main prize is endowed with 5000 euros. The company awards a total of three prizes. In 2004, a jury selected the winners from 23 applicants. The award ceremony took place in the plenary hall of the Federal Administrative Court. The laudation was given by its chairman judge Stefan Paetow .
The chairman of the company is Wolfgang Ewer . Further board members are Hans D. Jarass , Thomas Mayen , Jürgen Fluck , Stefan Paetow, Alexander Schink and Hermann Hüwels .
literature
- Klaus-Peter Dolde (ed.): Environmental law in transition. Balance sheet and perspectives on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Society for Environmental Law (GfU) Berlin 2001
Web links
- www.gesellschaft-fuer-umweltrecht.de
- More information about EELA
- Reference address for the yearbooks
supporting documents
- ↑ http://www.gesellschaft-fuer-umweltrecht.de/html/die_gesellschaft.html
- ↑ Informationsdienst Wissenschaft of November 6, 2004: Environmental award for dissertation on “Climate protection through European Community law” ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Society for Environmental Law 2001: "Changing Environmental Law" PDF file (16kB)
