Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 344 EAN: 9781599410418 ISBN: 1599410419 Label: Foundation Press Manufacturer: Foundation Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1613 Publication Date: December 31, 2006 Publisher: Foundation Press Sales Rank: 151719 Studio: Foundation Press
Book DescriptionInternational Environmental Law and Policy explores the dynamics of the lawmaking process and the increasingly critical role of transnational actors/citizens, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), scientists, and business. Discusses the relation of our scientific understanding to the legal response and the relation of the problem to the global economy. Includes explanation of the use of soft law, framework agreements, binding obligations, the precautionary principle, and polluter pays principle. Describes role of technology transfer and multilateral and bilateral financial mechanisms.
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Rating: - Best Textbook on International Environmental Law
As this book is 1550 pages long, I have not read the whole thing. But as a textbook and thanks to its clear structure it is possible to read parts of the book without getting lost. It is also useful to get an introduction into a specific topic on which one might do further research. Taken into account that this is a book for studying, it is almost fun to read. It is very comprehensive and covers not only the basics of environmental problems, and the international environmental law itself, but ... Read More
