Research Handbook on International Environmental Law, Hardcover by Fitzmauric...

Research Handbook on International Environmental Law, Hardcover by Fitzmaurice, Malgosia (EDT); Ong, David M. (EDT); Merkouris, Panos (EDT), ISBN 1847201245, ISBN-13 9781847201249, Brand New, Free P&P in the UKThe editors (of the U. of London and the U. of Essex, UK) present a handbook on international environmental law that, in accordance with the issues raised by the International Law Commission's Study Group on the Fragmentation (Diversification) of International Law, aims to treat the subject in a holistic manner that deals with traditional topics (such as the precautionary and the polluter-pays principles) and specific environmental protection regimes while also considering the place of international environmental law within the general system of international law and in terms of relations with such fields as international trade, human rights, and the law of the sea. Thirty chapters are presented in sections addressing international environmental law as a system of international law, theories and concepts of international environmental law, substantive principles, human rights to a clean environment, responsibility and liability for environmental harm, dispute settlement and compliance, biodiversity, and specific environmental protection regimes. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()