International Environmental Law: 3rd Edition

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The third edition of this major legal guide has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover recent events and important emerging issues. Additional material includes analysis of and commentary on the World Summit on Sustainable Development, ecosystem management, compliance and dispute settlement, armed conflict, and developments in the relationship of trade and the environment.

Highlights include:

- Concept and Scope of the "Environment" and "Environmental Law"

-The Necessity of International Law

- Foundations of International Environmental Law

- Origin and Evolution of International Environmental Law

- Sources of International Environmental Law

- Institutions and Civil Society

- International Common Law and Principles

- Implementing International Environmental Law

- Compliance and Dispute Settlement

- Protection of Living Organisms

- Fresh Waters

-The Marine Environment

-Atmosphere, Stratosphere and Climate

-Regulating Threats to the Environment



Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.
The third edition of this major legal guide has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover recent events and important emerging issues. Additional material includes analysis of and commentary on the World Summit on Sustainable Development, ecosystem management, compliance and dispute settlement...

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About the author

Alexandre Kiss was President of the European Council for Environmental Law and consultant to numerous inter-national organizations.
Dinah Shelton is Professor of International Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School, Centre for Civil and Human Rights.
Alexandre Kiss was President of the European Council for Environmental Law and consultant to numerous inter-national organizations. Dinah Shelton is Professor of International Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School, Centre for Civil and Human Rights.

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