LEADER 04604nam 22006975 450 001 9910300057603321 005 20250610110034.0 010 $a3-319-97664-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-97664-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000006519857 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5514553 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-97664-8 035 $a(PPN)230542360 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29095854 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006519857 100 $a20180911d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aExtractives Industry Law in Africa /$fby Damilola S. Olawuyi 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (361 pages) 311 08$a3-319-97663-X 330 $aThe book provides a systematic examination of the legal, fiscal and institutional frameworks for the commercial development of petroleum and solid mineral resources in Africa. First, it considers the values, assumptions, and guiding principles underpinning legislation and governance in Africa?s extractive sector. It then provides detailed and comparative evaluations of regulatory frameworks, pricing, local content, procurement, sales, and contractual arrangements across African extractive industries. Further, the book assesses how questions of business and human rights risks, accountability, corporate social responsibility, waste and pollution control, environmental justice, and participatory development have been addressed to date, and how they could be addressed better in the future. Enhancing readers? understanding of the geography, sources and scope of extractive resources in Africa, the book explains how corporations can effectively identify, mitigate and prevent legal and business risks when investing in African extractive industries. Lastly, it discusses the innovative legal strategies and tools needed to achieve a sustainable and rights-based extractive industry. Written in a user-friendly style, the book offers a valuable resource for corporations, investors, environmental and human rights administrators, advocates, policymakers, judges, international negotiators, government officials and consultants who advise on, or are interested in, petroleum and solid mineral investments in Africa. It also offers students and researchers an authoritative guidebook to the current state of extractive industry laws and institutions in Africa. Numerous examples of how international legal norms could be used to help revitalize the underlying legal and fiscal regimes in African extractive industries ? to make them more robust, accountable, sustainable and rights-based ? round out the coverage. 606 $aConflict of laws 606 $aConflict of laws 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aAfrica?Politics and government 606 $aSustainable development 606 $aCapital market 606 $aInternational law 606 $aTrade 606 $aPrivate International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law $3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R14002 606 $aHuman Rights$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R19020 606 $aAfrican Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911090 606 $aSustainable Development$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U34000 606 $aCapital Markets$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/616000 606 $aInternational Economic Law, Trade Law$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R19050 615 0$aConflict of laws. 615 0$aConflict of laws. 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 0$aAfrica?Politics and government. 615 0$aSustainable development. 615 0$aCapital market. 615 0$aInternational law. 615 0$aTrade. 615 14$aPrivate International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law . 615 24$aHuman Rights. 615 24$aAfrican Politics. 615 24$aSustainable Development. 615 24$aCapital Markets. 615 24$aInternational Economic Law, Trade Law. 676 $a343.6077 700 $aOlawuyi$b Damilola S$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0970625 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300057603321 996 $aExtractives Industry Law in Africa$92206177 997 $aUNINA