Christoph Leifer studies the question of the correct relationship and the interaction between environmental policy on the one hand and forms of social self-regulation on the other hand in the case of the EMAS and examines whether or not the advantages of social self-regulation systems are being used without disregarding the protective obligations of the government as well as private positions on fundamental rights in order to achieve efficiency in the entire system.

EMAS is generally regarded as a classic example of social self-regulation. However, the widespread lack of EMAS certification shows that in the discussion surrounding the governmental instruments of environmental policy on the one hand and forms of social self-regulation on the other hand the main issue must not be alternative solutions but rather cumulative solutions. Christoph Leifer studies the question of the correct relationship and the interaction between both parts in the case of the EMAS and examines whether or not the advantages of social self-regulation systems are being used without disregarding the protective obligations of the government as well as private positions on fundamental rights in order to achieve efficiency in the entire system.

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Geboren 1975; Studium der Rechtswissenschaften in Göttingen; 2006 Promotion; Rechtsanwalt und Lehrbeauftragter an der Fachhochschule Nordhausen; seit 2007 Referent im Ministerbüro des Ministeriums für Umwelt und Naturschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen.