Why is the law falling short in addressing the ecological crisis?
One explanation lies in the long-standing division between two fields: on the one hand, economic law, which governs businesses and markets (corporate law, financial law, international trade law, etc.); on the other, environmental law. The former has been tasked with promoting economic activity, while the latter has focused on protecting the environment. This separation has limited the ecological ambition of environmental law, confining it to mitigating the harm generated by the very economic activities that economic law encourages, while leaving their structural causes largely unaddressed. Reversing this dynamic requires tackling the problem at its source: economic law itself must be reframed so that the ecological transition becomes a central objective, without compromising economic efficiency or employment.
The report “The Ecological Transformation of Economic Law,” published in March 2025 by the TEDE research team, explores the causes and mechanisms of this transformation.
On December 18, 2025, come meet the members of this team to discuss the potential of economic law in support of the ecological transition.
Speakers
- Marie-Alice Chardeaux, Associate Professor (HDR) at the University of Paris-Est Créteil
- Florian Couveinhes-Matsumoto, Associate Professor (HDR) at the École Normale Supérieure
- Aude-Solveig Epstein, Associate Professor, Paris Nanterre University, Provost at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
- Gilles Martin, Professor Emeritus at the Université Côte d’Azur
- Eva Mouial Bassilana, Professor at the Université Côte d’Azur
- Irina Parachkévova, Professor at the Université Côte d’Azur
- Jean-Philippe Robé, Attorney at Law
- Tatiana Sachs, Professor at Paris Nanterre University