The international law of environmental impact assessment : process, substance and integration / Neil Craik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Craik, Neil, 1965- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 58.

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental impact analysis--Law and legislation.

Environmental impact analysis.

Environmental law, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 332 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The central idea animating environmental impact assessment (EIA) is that decisions affecting the environment should be made through a comprehensive evaluation of predicted impacts. Notwithstanding their evaluative mandate, EIA processes do not impose specific environmental standards, but rely on the creation of open, participatory and information rich decision-making settings to bring about environmentally benign outcomes. In light of this tension between process and substance, Neil Craik assesses whether EIA, as a method of implementing international environmental law, is a sound policy strategy, and how international EIA commitments structure transnational interactions in order to influence decisions affecting the international environment. Through a comprehensive description of international EIA commitments and their implementation with domestic and transnational governance structures, and drawing on specific examples of transnational EIA processes, the author examines how international EIA commitments can facilitate interest coordination, and provide opportunities for persuasion and for the internalisation of international environmental norms.

Contents:

Part I. Introduction: Introduction and overview

Part II. Background Norms: Domestic origins of International EIA commitments

EIAs and general principles of international environmental law

Part III. EIA Commitments in International Law

Sources of international EIA commitments

The structure of international EIA commitments

Part IV. The Role of EIA Commitments in International Law

EIAs and compliance

EIAs, interests and legitimacy

Part V. Conclusion: EIAs and the process and substance of international environmental law.

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ISBN:

9780511494611

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