Guide to international environmental law / Alexandre Kiss and Dinah Shelton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kiss, Alexandre Charles, 1925-2007.

Contributor:

Shelton, Dinah.

Series:

Nijhoff eBook titles 2007

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Guide to International Environmental Law addresses why and how the international system elaborates environmental obligations and monitors compliance with them. The book discusses the relationship between international obligations and national and local law, with particular reference to federal systems. It points out the influence national law has on the emergence of international law and the growing role international norms play in the development and enforcement of national and local environmental policies. It also examines the extent to which environmental protection should be and is taken into account in other regulatory frameworks, from trade law and human rights to disarmament and refugee policy.

Contents:

The development of international environmental law

International actors and stakeholders

Multilateral environmental agreements

Common (customary?) legal principles

Common legal requirements and implementing measures

The substance of international environmental law

Environmental protection in other subject areas of international law.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-277) and index.

ISBN:

9789047440215 (Ebook)

OCLC:

567804619

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9781571053442.1-329 DOI