Environmental Resilience and Food Law: Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology - Paperback

by Gabriela Steier (Editor), Alberto Giulio Cianci (Editor)

This book will be an essential guide for students, legal scholars, advocates for food law, environmental law, food system resilience, agroecology and environmental conservation; indeed, any practitioner in the cross-disciplinary areas relating to food policy.

Author Biography

Dr. iur. Gabriela Steier, LL.M., Esq. is a lawyer, scholar and educator focusing on food law and policy, in the US and the EU. She has published various books and articles about international food regulation, farm animal welfare, GMOs, food integrity, and sustainable agriculture. She teaches at Northeastern University in Boston, at the Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, and at the University of Perugia in Italy. She holds an LL.M. in Food and Agriculture Law from the Vermont Law School, a Doctorate in Comparative Law from the University of Cologne in Germany, a Juris Doctor from the Duquesne University School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University. Gabriela lives in Boston and can be contacted at g.steier@foodlawinternational.com

Avv. Prof. Alberto Giulio Cianci is Associate Professor of Private Law institutions and Advertising and Consumer Protection in the University of Perugia, Italy. He published four books on Private law and personal freedom (Diritto privato e libertà costituzionali, I, Libertà personale, Napoli, 2016), on Advertising and consumer contracts (Comunicazione pubblicitaria e contratti del consumatore, Milano, 2013), on Private law legal capacity of foreigners (Soggetto straniero e attività negoziale, Milano, 2007) and on Domestic violence law (Gli ordini di protezione familiare, Milano, 2005), and many essays on other topics of Private law. In 2016 he qualified as Full Professor of Private law. He practices as an attorney in Rome. His contact email is alberto.cianci@unipg.it.