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Research handbook on international environmental law / edited by Malgosia Fitzmaurice, David M. Ong, Panos Merkouris.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research Handbooks in International Law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental law, International--Cases.
- Environmental law, International.
- Environmental law, International--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (542 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2021]
- Summary:
- This thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this foundational Handbook combines practical and theoretical analyses to cover a wide array of cutting edge issues in international environmental law (IEL). It provides a comprehensive view of the complexity of IEL, both as a field in its own right, and as part of the wider system of international law.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- PART I THEORIES, CONCEPTS AND ACTORS OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND GOVERNANCE
- 1. Actors and law-making in international environmental law
- 2. Participation of non-State actors and global civil society in international environmental law-making and governance
- 3. Corporate responsibility for environmental harm
- 4. International framework for environmental decision-making
- 5. An introduction to ethical considerations in international environmental law
- PART II PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
- 6. Sustainable development
- 7. The principles of prevention and precaution in international law: two sides of the same coin?
- 8. Environmental impact assessment
- 9. Common but differentiated responsibilities
- PART III DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND COMPLIANCE
- 10. Settlement of international environmental law disputes
- 11. Environmental disputes in the WTO
- 12. Compliance procedures and mechanisms
- PART IV HUMAN RIGHTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- 13. International climate law
- 14. Human rights and the environment: substantive rights
- 15. Domestic climate litigation's turn to human rights and international climate law
- 16. Environmental protection in armed conflict
- PART V SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGIMES
- 17. The relationship between the law of international watercourses and sustainable development
- 18. International chemicals and waste management
- 19. Environmental protection in the Antarctic and the Arctic: the role of international law
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Fitzmaurice, Malgosia Research Handbook on International Environmental Law
- ISBN:
- 1-78643-971-9
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