The law of energy and natural resources has always had a strong focus on property as one of its components, but there are relatively few comparative, book-length treatments of both property law
and energy and natural resources law. The aim of this edited collection is to explore the multiple dimensions of the contemporary relationship between property, energy, and natural resources
law. Its genesis was the growing resurgence of global interest in questions of property in energy and resources and how this manifests itself across legal regimes around the world.
With an international and comparative character, this collection seeks to capture differences in the meaning of property, and the different views about the role it should play in a diverse
range of contexts: civil law and common law; the law of indigenous communities; public law and private law; and national and international law. Key issues discussed include private rights and
common property situations, privatization and regulation, competition for land use and resources, the role of property rights in environmental protection, and the balance between national
sovereignty and the security of foreign investment.
The collection thus has relevance for a wide readership interested in the legal dimensions of property as an increasingly important aspect of the law of energy and resources across diverse
countries, and at the international level. The contributors are established experts in the energy and natural resources law field, and the collection builds upon a body of previous
collaborative work in this area.
