International environmental law

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International environmental law

Alexandre Kiss and Dinah Shelton

Transnational Publishers, c2000

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Cross-boarder and transnational legal issues concerning the environment are proliferating at such a fast rate that the international environmental law regime is in a continual state or rapid evolution. Here is a new edition of a major legal guide to the field, thoroughly updated and expanded to cover important emerging issues. New material includes an analysis of and commentary on non-state actors, new legal techniques of environmental protection, and development in the relationship of trade and the environment. This new edition also focuses on the trend toward more efficient enforcement of international environmental obligations.

Table of Contents

  • Object and characteristics of international environmental law
  • origin and evolution of international environmental law
  • institutional cooperation
  • non-state actors
  • techniques of environmental protection
  • international common law
  • regulation of environmental sectors
  • regulating sources of environmental harm
  • trade and environment
  • compliance with international environmental obligations.

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