Sustainable Development and International Environmental Law

David Freestone has compiled a first-rate collection of classic essays that probe the profound effects that two ideas - sustainable development and international environmental law - have had upon the field of international law over the past forty years. This compendium serves as a timely reminder of our past, as we look to solve some of the most critical problems of our future.

Edited by David Freestone, Former Deputy General Counsel at The World Bank and Adjunct Professor and Visiting Scholar, George Washington University Law School, US

Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction David Freestone PART I ORIGINS 1. Jutta Brunne (2009), The Stockholm Declaration and the Structure and Processes of International Environmental Law, in Aldo Chircop, Ted L. McDorman and Susan J. Rolston (eds), The Future of Ocean Regime-Building: Essays in Tribute to Douglas M. Johnston, Part II, Leiden, the Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV, 4162 2. Hans Christian Bugge (2008), 19872007: Our Common Future Revisited, in Hans Christian Bugge and Christina Voigt (eds), Sustainable Development in International and National Law: What did the Brundtland Report do to Legal Thinking and Legal Development, and Where can we go From Here?, Part I, Chapter I.I, Groningen, the Netherlands: Europa Law Publishing, 1, 321 3. Gnther Handl (1995), Sustainable Development: General Rules versus Specific Obligations, in Winfried Lang (ed.), Sustainable Development and International Law, Part Two, Chapter 4, London, UK: Graham & Trotman Ltd, 3543 4. David Freestone (1994), The Road from Rio: International Environmental Law after the Earth Summit, Journal of Environmental Law, 6 (2), January, 193218 5. Alan Boyle and David Freestone (1999), Introduction, in International Law and Sustainable Development: Past Achievements and Future Challenges, Chapter 1, New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press, 118 6. Davor Vidas, Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams (2014), What Is the Anthropocene and Why Is It Relevant for International Law?, Yearbook of International Environmental Law, 25 (1), 323 PART II LAW MAKING 7. Ian Brownlie (1973), A Survey of International Customary Rules of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources Journal, 13 (2), April, 17989 8. Geoffrey Palmer (1992), New Ways to Make International Environmental Law, American Journal of International Law, 86 (2), April, 25983 9. Daniel Bodansky (1995), Customary (and Not So Customary) International Environmental Law, Global Legal Studies Journal, Symposium: International Environmental Law and Agencies: The Next Generation, 3 (1), Fall, 10519 10. A. E. Boyle (1999), Some Reflections on the Relationship of Treaties and Soft Law, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 48 (4), October, 90113 PART III PRINCIPLES 11. Edith Brown Weiss (1990), Our Rights and Obligations to Future Generations for the Environment, American Journal of International Law, 84 (1), January, 198207 12. David Freestone (1991), The Precautionary Principle, in Robin Churchill and David Freestone (eds), International Law and Global Climate Change, Chapter 2, London, UK: Graham and Trotman Ltd, 2139, references 13. Duncan French (2000), Developing States and International Environmental Law: The Importance of Differentiated Responsibilities, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 49 (1), January, 3560 PART IV INSTITUTIONS 14. Daniel C. Esty (1994), The Case for a Global Environmental Organization, in Peter B. Kenen (ed.), Managing the World Economy: Fifty Years After Bretton Woods, Part III, Chapter 7, Washington, DC, USA: Institute for International Economics, 287309 15. Peter H. Sand (1999), Carrots without Sticks? New Financial Mechanisms for Global Environmental Agreements, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, 3, September, 36388 PART V HUMAN RIGHTS 16. Dinah Shelton (1991), Human Rights, Environmental Rights, and the Right to Environment, Stanford Journal of International Law, 28, 10338 17. Jane McAdam (2011), Swimming against the Tide: Why a Climate Change Displacement Treaty is Not the Answer, International Journal of Refugee Law, 23 (1), March, 227 18. Alan Boyle (2012), Human Rights and the Environment: Where Next?, European Journal of Internatio