Daniel Bodansky is a Regents' Professor at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. He served as Climate Change Coordinator at the U.S. State Department from 1999-2001. Prior to joining the ASU faculty in 2010, he was the Ernst and Emily Woodruff Chair in International Law at the University of Georgia Law School. He served on the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law from 2001-2011. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a graduate of Harvard (A.B.), Cambridge (M.Phil.), and Yale (J.D.).Harro van Asselt (PhD) is the Hatton Professor of Climate Law at the Department of Land Economy, and a Fellow with Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. He is also Professor of Climate Law and Policy with the Centre for Climate Change, Energy, and Environmental Law (CCEEL) at the University of Eastern Finland Law School. He is also a visiting researcher with the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Previously, he worked at the Stockholm Environment Institute, the University of Oxford, and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he received a PhD (cum laude). He is the editor of the Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law.

Bodansky offers a sweeping review of the theory and practice of environmental protection at the global scale. Simply written and yet deeply insightful, the book explains the forces, actors, and processes that determine how international environmental rules and norms emerge and whether they get implemented. Essential reading for legal scholars and practitioners alike.

• List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes page --?Abbreviations page --?Treaties and Other International Instruments page --?International Cases page --?National Cases page --? CHAPTER 1What is International Environmental Law? page --? CHAPTER 2How We Got Here: A Brief History page --? CHAPTER 3Diagnosing the Causes of Environmental Problems page --? CHAPTER 4Prescribing the Cure: Environmental Policy 101 page --? CHAPTER 5Varieties of Environmental Norms page --? CHAPTER 6Who's Who in the Legal Process: Governmental and Intergovernmental Actors page --? CHAPTER 7Who's Who in the Legal Process: Actors beyond the State page --? CHAPTER 8The Architecture of International Environmental Law page --? CHAPTER 9Negotiated Agreements page --? CHAPTER 10Customary (and Not So Customary) Norms page --? CHAPTER 11How and Why Do States Implement Their Commitments? page --? CHAPTER 12International Carrots and Sticks page --? CHAPTER 13Is International Environmental Law Effective? page --? CHAPTER 14Conclusion: Taking Stock page --?

Daniel Bodansky is a Regents' Professor at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. He served as Climate Change Coordinator at the U.S. State Department from 1999-2001. Prior to joining the ASU faculty in 2010, he was the Ernst and Emily Woodruff Chair in International Law at the University of Georgia Law School. He served on the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law from 2001-2011. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a graduate of Harvard (A.B.), Cambridge (M.Phil.), and Yale (J.D.).Harro van Asselt (PhD) is the Hatton Professor of Climate Law at the Department of Land Economy, and a Fellow with Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. He is also Professor of Climate Law and Policy with the Centre for Climate Change, Energy, and Environmental Law (CCEEL) at the University of Eastern Finland Law School. He is also a visiting researcher with the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Previously, he worked at the Stockholm Environment Institute, the University of Oxford, and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he received a PhD (cum laude). He is the editor of the Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law.

Bodansky offers a sweeping review of the theory and practice of environmental protection at the global scale. Simply written and yet deeply insightful, the book explains the forces, actors, and processes that determine how international environmental rules and norms emerge and whether they get implemented. Essential reading for legal scholars and practitioners alike.

• List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes page --?Abbreviations page --?Treaties and Other International Instruments page --?International Cases page --?National Cases page --? CHAPTER 1What is International Environmental Law? page --? CHAPTER 2How We Got Here: A Brief History page --? CHAPTER 3Diagnosing the Causes of Environmental Problems page --? CHAPTER 4Prescribing the Cure: Environmental Policy 101 page --? CHAPTER 5Varieties of Environmental Norms page --? CHAPTER 6Who's Who in the Legal Process: Governmental and Intergovernmental Actors page --? CHAPTER 7Who's Who in the Legal Process: Actors beyond the State page --? CHAPTER 8The Architecture of International Environmental Law page --? CHAPTER 9Negotiated Agreements page --? CHAPTER 10Customary (and Not So Customary) Norms page --? CHAPTER 11How and Why Do States Implement Their Commitments? page --? CHAPTER 12International Carrots and Sticks page --? CHAPTER 13Is International Environmental Law Effective? page --? CHAPTER 14Conclusion: Taking Stock page --?

Daniel Bodansky is a Regents' Professor at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. He served as Climate Change Coordinator at the U.S. State Department from 1999-2001. Prior to joining the ASU faculty in 2010, he was the Ernst and Emily Woodruff Chair in International Law at the University of Georgia Law School. He served on the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law from 2001-2011. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a graduate of Harvard (A.B.), Cambridge (M.Phil.), and Yale (J.D.).Harro van Asselt (PhD) is the Hatton Professor of Climate Law at the Department of Land Economy, and a Fellow with Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. He is also Professor of Climate Law and Policy with the Centre for Climate Change, Energy, and Environmental Law (CCEEL) at the University of Eastern Finland Law School. He is also a visiting researcher with the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Previously, he worked at the Stockholm Environment Institute, the University of Oxford, and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he received a PhD (cum laude). He is the editor of the Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law.

Bodansky offers a sweeping review of the theory and practice of environmental protection at the global scale. Simply written and yet deeply insightful, the book explains the forces, actors, and processes that determine how international environmental rules and norms emerge and whether they get implemented. Essential reading for legal scholars and practitioners alike.

• List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes page --?Abbreviations page --?Treaties and Other International Instruments page --?International Cases page --?National Cases page --? CHAPTER 1What is International Environmental Law? page --? CHAPTER 2How We Got Here: A Brief History page --? CHAPTER 3Diagnosing the Causes of Environmental Problems page --? CHAPTER 4Prescribing the Cure: Environmental Policy 101 page --? CHAPTER 5Varieties of Environmental Norms page --? CHAPTER 6Who's Who in the Legal Process: Governmental and Intergovernmental Actors page --? CHAPTER 7Who's Who in the Legal Process: Actors beyond the State page --? CHAPTER 8The Architecture of International Environmental Law page --? CHAPTER 9Negotiated Agreements page --? CHAPTER 10Customary (and Not So Customary) Norms page --? CHAPTER 11How and Why Do States Implement Their Commitments? page --? CHAPTER 12International Carrots and Sticks page --? CHAPTER 13Is International Environmental Law Effective? page --? CHAPTER 14Conclusion: Taking Stock page --?