This book will be useful to graduate students and researchers of environmental law, oil and gas law, mining, environmental studies, human rights, sustainable development, and social justice, as well as corporations, energy departments and ministries, law firms, courts, and tribunals to whom local content disputes are brought for resolution.

Part I. Introductory Context and Principles: 1. Local Content and the Sustainable Development Nexus Damilola S. Olawuyi; 2. Defining the 'Local' in Local Content Requirements in the Oil and Gas Sector Chilenye Nwapi; 3. Local Content Measures and the WTO Regime: Addressing Contentions and Trade-Offs Mandy Meng Fang; 4. Local Content Requirements in Extractive Industries: A Human Rights Analysis Susan L. Karamanian; 5. Upgrade of Local Suppliers in the Global Production Network: The Success or Otherwise of Local Content Regimes Alexander Ezenagu and Chidiebere Eze-Ajoku; Part II. Case Studies: 6. Expressing Local Content through Black Economic Empowerment in the South African Petroleum Industry Hanri Mostert and Meyer van den Berg; 7. Local Content Frameworks for Petroleum Industry Operations in the CEMAC Region: An Evaluation of their Functionality, Sustainability and Normative Underpinnings George K. Ndi; 8. Local Content, Angolanizac¿aÞo, and Sustainable Development in Angola Jesse Salah Ovadia; 9. Local Content and the Sustainable Development of Oil and Gas Resources in Nigeria Damilola S. Olawuyi and Ayobami J. Olaniyan; 10. Local Content Requirements and Treaty Implementation in Kenya's Petroleum Sector James O. Kirwa and Melba K. Wasunna; 11. Sustainability and Local Content Requirements in Australian Oil and Gas Development: Has the Ship of Opportunity Sailed? Tina Soliman Hunter; 12. Local Content for Sustainable Development in Middle East and North Africa: Current Legal Approaches and Future Directions Damilola S. Olawuyi; 13. Local Content and Sustainable Development in Norway Catherin Banet; 14. Local Content and Sustainable Development in Argentina Marcelo Neuman; 15. The Latin American Experience in Designing Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Sectors: Strengths, Limitations and Future Perspectives Amir Lebdioui; 16. Local Content and Sustainable Development in Brazil Eduardo G. Pereira, Rafael Baptista Baleroni, Fernanda Delgado, Jose Vicente Duncan de Miranda, Aaron Koenck, and Pedro Henrique Neves; 17. Industrial Policy and Local Content Rules in US Energy Policy Zachary Sturman and Timothy Meyer; 18. Oil and Gas Sector Local Content Decision Processes: Canadian Indigenous Participation Alastair R. Lucas and David K. Laidlaw; Part III. Lessons Learned and Future Directions: 19. Local Content, Community Content, and Sustainable Development in the Oil and Gas Industry: Perspectives from Legislation, Policy, and Community Development Agreements Ibironke T. Odumosu-Ayanu; 20. Local Content Requirements and Social Inclusion in Global Energy Markets: Towards Business and Human Rights Content Oyeniyi Abe and Ada Ordor; 21. Advancing Sustainable Development in Local Content Initiatives: Summary for Policy Makers Damilola S. Olawuyi; Index.