How Far Is Far Enough? The Social Constitution of Geothermal Energy through Spacing Regulations

This article argues that the sociotechnical context in which near-surface geothermal energy is embedded draws out its characteristic of being temporarily depletable. Thereby, the minimization of unavoidable side effects, such as cold plumes, which result from the social constitution of geothermal energy, is a crucial area of consideration. Using the situation in Germany as a touchstone, we discuss how cold plumes and interferences from neighboring ground source heat pumps test the limits of the existing regulatory framework, requiring negotiations between different knowledge sets stemming from areas as diverse as planning law, geology, cultural habits, and engineering. This makes the operation of geothermal energy highly uncertain and continuous negotiations on sustainable modes of extractions a pressing issue.

Administrative Law Enforcement Against Urban Spatial Planning Based on the Spatial Planning Law

Law enforcement in administrative law which is used to control government policies that seek to realize legal ideals in order to create justice and peace in the life of society, nation and state. This study uses a normative juridical method. The results of the study concluded that administrative law enforcement in the implementation of urban spatial planning for permits issued by the government, includes supervision and enforcement of sanctions. Administrative sanctions generally have an institutional function, namely controlling prohibited acts. In addition, administrative sanctions are primarily aimed at protecting interests that are guarded by violated provisions.

SPATIAL PLANNING IN FRANCE FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT DAY1 . SELECTED ASPECTS

The subject of the present article is a selection of aspects of urban planning in France over the last 500 years. The paper presents a synthesis of elements that constitute the functioning of the urban planning law in force in this country. The article presents the evolution of urban planning law over the centuries and today. It describes the documents that create the framework for urban planning in France, a summary of urban planning, describes the process of public participation in urban planning, which are followed by a conclusions.

Planning and Building in Area C

Under the Oslo Accords land planning and construction in Areas A and B of the West Bank are the responsibility of the Palestinian Authority. This chapter discusses judicial review of planning and building policies and legal arrangements in Area C, which remain Israel’s responsibility. The chapter’s focus is local planning power, the building-permit regime, and enforcement of planning law. As in other chapters the issue of Israeli settlements lies at the heart of government policies and practices in the issue under review. The chapter reviews and criticises the Court’s approach to the different policies adopted by the Israeli authorities towards planning and building for Israeli settlements and Palestinian communities.

The difference a wire makes: planning law, public Orthodox Judaism and urban space in Australia

This paper considers a planning dispute that surrounded the construction of a Jewish religious installation (called an eruv) in the public urban space of an Australian suburb. The aim of this case-study is to examine the role of law in regulating Jewish difference – a topic that has to date received little attention in the socio-legal literature concerned with the governance of religious diversity. In analysing residents’ objections to the eruv, the paper explores long-standing anxieties about Jewish particularity in Australia and beyond as they surfaced in opposition to the eruv. It shows how the law continues to exclude certain forms of Jewish difference that are perceived as transgressing dominant religious and racial norms. Moreover, the paper highlights the particular ways in which planning law assigned value to these anxieties and legitimised the marginalisation of Orthodox Jews, emphasising the significance of local law as a site for exclusion and inequality.