Routledge Handbook on Food Sustainability Law

This Handbook provides a comprehensive and unparalleled overview of food sustainability, with a special focus on International and European Union (EU) Law.

During the last decade, a growing global concern for more sustainable food systems has led to increased action by intergovernmental and supranational organizations, States, and non-State actors. While, however, food security and food safety have been extensively explored in legal literature, significant gaps remain in understanding and conceptualizing food sustainability within the framework of International and EU Law. This Handbook addresses this critical gap providing an in-depth examination of multifaceted legal issues that have either been overlooked or treated through a primarily national or sectoral lens. Offering a systematic analysis of various areas of International and EU Law, such as governance, environmental protection and natural resources, human rights, health, investment, and trade, it assesses how existing legal rules and jurisprudence contribute to food sustainability. It also critically evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the current international and EU legal frameworks in determining their effectiveness in ensuring sustainable food systems.

Against this background, the book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners and students of International and EU law, food law, food systems and sustainability as well as cognate areas.