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2 Goettingen J. Int'l L. 43 (2010)
The National Environmental Premium in Germany: A Rapid Reaction to the Financial Crisis at the Expense of Democracy?

handle is hein.journals/gojil2 and id is 47 raw text is: Goettingen Journal of International Law 2 (2010) 1, 43-62 The National Environmental Premium in Germany: A Rapid Reaction to the Financial Crisis at the Expense of Democracy? Julia Becker*, Marcus Horeth*, Jared Sonnicksen*** Table of Contents Abstract ............................................... 45 A. Introduction ........................................... 45 B. The National Environmental Premium and its Origin .. ............ 46 I. Definition ....................................... 47 II. Chronology of the Introduction of the Environmental Premium.........................................47 C. Legislative and Executive Law-Making.....................49 I. Distinguishing Between Parliamentary Laws, Regulations and Directives ..................... 49 1. Acts of Parliament ..................... .............. 49 2. Regulations ............................. 50 3. Administrative Rules, in Particular: Directives.... ...... 51 II. Considerations on Separation of Powers and Democratic Theories ......................................... 51 D. On the Democratic Legitimacy of the Environmental Premium ...................................... ...... 53 * Georg-August University Gbttingen, Department of Political Science. ** Rhenish Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, Department of Political Science and Sociology. Rhenish Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, Department of Political Science and Sociology. doi: 10.3249/1868-1581-2-1-becker