Der Wasserverbrauch eines Produkts, eines Landes oder eines Menschen wird neuerdings mit Fußabdruck-Rechnungen genau erfasst. Sogenanntes virtuelles Wasser bezeichnet dabei jenes Wasser, das in einem anderen Teil der Welt genutzt wurde, um Güter zu produzieren, die hier vor Ort konsumiert...

The EU Water Framework Directive stipulates the principle of cost recovery, including environmental and resource costs, for European water services. Yet a definition of member states’ precise obligations is highly controversial. This particularly holds true for the question whether the request...

Abstract Environmental charges are often reproached for lacking distributive justice. The polluter-pays-principle as some kind of benefit taxation may therefore fulfill efficiency requirements, but can it, as a rule for taxation, be considered fair and just, too? However, constitutional law in...