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Principles of International Environmental Law
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The Principles of International Environmental Law (PELL) as mentioned in this paper provides a comprehensive and critical account of one of the fastest growing areas of international law: the principles and rules relating to environmental protection.Abstract:
This new and fully updated edition of Principles of International Environmental Law offers a comprehensive and critical account of one of the fastest growing areas of international law: the principles and rules relating to environmental protection Introducing the reader to the key foundational principles, governance structures and regulatory techniques, Principles of International Environmental Law explores each of the major areas of international environmental regulation through substantive chapters, including climate change, atmospheric protection, oceans and freshwater, biodiversity, chemicals and waste regulation The ever-increasing overlap with other areas of international law is also explored through examination of the inter-linkages between international environmental law and other areas of international regulation, such as trade, human rights, humanitarian law and investment law Incorporating the latest developments in treaty and case law for key areas of environmental regulation, this text is an essential reference and textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, academics and practitioners of international environmental lawread more
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Comparing Precaution in the United States and Europe
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the transatlantic divergence of the precautionary principle and conclude that differences in relative precaution depend more on the context of the particular risk than on broad differences in national regulatory regimes.
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Globalization And Governance
TL;DR: Hart and Prakash as mentioned in this paper discuss the concept and politics of globalization and governance, and propose a relation contracting approach to the Governance of Global Markets and Global Governance.
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State responsibility and compensation for climate change damages—a legal and economic assessment
TL;DR: In the case of climate change, the most crucial issues are, first, from when countries can be held responsible and, second, which emissions are acceptable and which careless.
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Climate change and knowledge politics
TL;DR: In this paper, the use of expert knowledge in public discourse and in political decisions is analyzed based on the conceptual framework of knowledge politics and the main finding is that the press in both countries relies on different sources of scientific expertise when reporting on global warming.
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Extended producer responsibility in a non-OECD context: The management of waste electrical and electronic equipment in India
TL;DR: The feasibility of dealing with such problems in a non-OECD context by applying extended producer responsibility (EPR), an environmental policy principle that has been applied to the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in many OECD countries using India as a case study as mentioned in this paper.
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The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: Two Steps Forward and One Back, or Vice Versa
David A. Wirth,David A. Wirth +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the significance of the Earth Summit to the continuing maturation of the law of sustainable development through scrutiny of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, one of the principal instruments adopted at UNCED.