Our research was carried out only partly as originally planned, owing to changes of circumstances. In February 2020 when the research began, the situation was somewhat different from what it is now. Even with a reduced implementation, the research resulted in a more voluminous publication than originally planned. Due to numerous administrative burdens and other difficulties not detailed here, our research was implemented between July 2023 and July 2025. Our objectives thus proved to be much more ambitious and generous than we had originally thought. For all these reasons, some general chapters (for instance, the general comparative administrative law ‘tableau’) were not completed because these issues are dealt with in both the foundational and administrative-environmental chapters. However, topics that we did manage to elaborate include: the EU legal framework for sustainability; an outlook on examples from the Japanese Empire, the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and possibly from other states; Environmental protection as an idea and an administrative tool; air protection/air quality; noise pollution control; fishing rights, hunting rights; climate protection, renewable energy, health protection, industrial and mining law and mining administration). The topic of environmental constitution(alism), constitutional environment alone resulted in a chapter the size of a small monograph, divided into three parts. Based on all this, the following chapters and sub-chapters were created.

 

1. The conceptual framework of sustainability (Anita Boros)

2. Methodological approach to the concept of sustainability and law (László Vértesy)

3. Legal and administrative theoretical foundations of sustainability and environmental protection (László Vértesy)

4. Constitutional and legal relations to sustainability: terms, environmental constitution(alism), constitutional environment (László Vértesy)

5. Legislation on Sustainability in the European Union law (László Vértesy)

6. Case study: sustainability across the law in Hungary (László Vértesy)

7.Questions of environmental law and environmental administrations (Anita Boros-Petra Stankovics)

7.1. Waste management (Anita Boros)

7.2. Construction law (Anita Boros)

7.3. Land and soil protection (Petra Stankovics)

7.4. The administration of water resources management (Petra Stankovics)

7.5. Animal care and plant health administration (Petra Stankovics)

7.6. Forestry administration policy: international and European Union perspectives (Petra Stankovics)

8. Other legal, historical and general aspects (Gyula Koi)

8.1. Historical and legal aspects of sustainability. The beginnings of marriage, family, property and the state (Gyula Koi)

8.2. Administrative agreement and authority contract. Aspects of sustainability and resilience (Gyula Koi)

8.3. From poor law administration to sustainable social administration. Theoretical milestones of Hungary (Gyula Koi)

8.4. Sustainability, law, administration. Historical background of the People’s Republic of China/Imperial China and the Russian Federation/Soviet Union (Gyula Koi)

8.5.Local governments, sustainability, resilience, world pandemic, war and crisis. A case study on two non-European countries (Gyula Koi)

8.6.Citation styles in legal studies. A possible draft methodological manual (Gyula Koi)

9.Lessons and insights from the relationship between sustainability and law. (Gyula Koi)

 

The chapter on sustainability in general, [title and author], examines the concept of sustainability and its application within the context of society and institutions. In addition to discussing the three pillars of sustainability , the role of future generations and promoting sustainable practices is also explored.