Environmental change and international law : new challenges and dimensions / edited by Edith Brown Weiss. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weiss, Edith Brown, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 493 p. )

Place of Publication:

Tokyo, Japan : United Nations University Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Global environmental change and international law: the introductory framework / Edith Brown Weiss

International norm-making / Paul C. Szasz

Changing requirements for international information / Peter S. Thacher

Emerging principles and rules for the prevention and mitigation of envitonmental harm / Toru Iwama

State responsibility, liability, and remedial measures under international law: new criteria for environmental protection / Francisco Orrego Vicuña

Law and global environmental management: some open issues / Peider Könz

The legislation and implementation of international environmental law and the third world: the example of China / Lai Peng Cheng

An introductory note on a human right to environment / Alexandre Kiss

The human rights system as a conceptual framework for environmental law / R.S. Pathak

The contribution of international human rights law to environmental protection, with special reference to global environmental change / A.A. Cançado Trindade

The implications of global change for the international legal system / Alexandre Kiss

Restructuring the international organizational framework / Paul C. Szasz

Intergenerational equity: a legal framework for global environmental change / Edith Brown Weiss

Ecological security: response to global challenges / Alexandre S. Timoshenko.

Notes:

"United Nations Sales No. E.92.III.A.4"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-585-20021-1