Research Handbook on International Environmental Law

Edited by Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Professor of International Law, Queen Mary University of London, David M. Ong, Liverpool John Moores University, UK and Panos Merkouris, Professor, Chair on Interpretation and Dispute Settlement in International Law, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

‘This book offers a timely contribution in the field of international environmental law. The way it presents the fundamental principles of international environmental law is innovative. For this, the author gains especial credit. She deals with the most fundamental and difficult legal issues in such a pragmatic manner that one will clearly understand the practical difficulties involved in implementing these principles. Readers will particularly benefit from the analytical approach undertaken in this book. They will understand the importance of these principles in the field of international environmental law and, at the same time, realize how difficult it is to find the concrete basis of these principles, which shows the difficulties in the application of these principles in practice. The book is well researched. The arguments are well grounded and consistent. Students, practitioners and those with a general interest in the fundamental principles underlying contemporary international environmental law alike will enjoy reading this book.’

• Contents:PrefacePanos MerkourisPART I: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AS A SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL LAW1. Actors and Law-making in International Environmental LawMark A. Drumbl 2. International Framework for Environmental Decision-makingGeir Ulfstein PART II: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW3. Sustainable DevelopmentDuncan French 4. Environment and Development: Friends or Foes in the 21st Century?Paolo Galizzi and Alena Herklotz 5. Implementing Intergenerational EquityEdith Brown Weiss 6. An Introduction to Ethical Considerations in International Environmental LawAlexander Gillespie 7. The World Bank and Sustainable DevelopmentDavid Freestone 8. Common but Differentiated ResponsibilitiesPhilippe Cullet9. The Principles of Prevention and Precaution in International Law: Two Heads of the Same Coin?Nicolas de Sadeleer PART III: SUBSTANTIVE PRINCIPLES10. The Precautionary PrincipleMinna Pyhälä, Anne Christine Brusendorff and Hanna Paulomäki11. Environmental Impact AssessmentOlufemi Elias 12. The Polluter-Pays PrinciplePriscilla Schwartz PART IV: HUMAN RIGHTS TO A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT13. Human Rights and the Environment: Substantive RightsDinah Shelton 14. Human Rights to a Clean Environment: Procedural RightsJona RazzaquePART V: RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM15. Responsibility for Environmental DamagePhoebe Okowa 16. International Liability for Damage to the EnvironmentLouise Angélique de La Fayette 17. Corporate Liability for Environmental HarmAmanda Perry-Kessaris PART VI: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND COMPLIANCE 18. Settlement of International Environmental Law DisputesNatalie Klein19. Environmental Disputes in the WTOJoanna Gomula 20. Compliance Procedures and MechanismsGerhard Loibl 21. International Legal Efforts to Address Human-Induced Global Climate ChangeDavid M. Ong22. Filling The Holes: The Montreal Protocol’s Non-Compliance MechanismFeja LesniewskaPART VII: BIODIVERSITY23. Environmental Protection and the Concept of Common Concern of MankindMichael Bowman 24. International Environmental Law Governing Threats to Biological DiversityDavid M. Ong25. Fisheries and Marine BiodiversityRichard Barnes PART VIII: SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGIMES26. The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and Marine Environmental ProtectionDavid M. Ong27. Environmental Protection in Armed ConflictKaren Hulme28. The Relationship between the Law of International Watercourses and Sustainable DevelopmentMalgosia Fitzmaurice29. International Chemicals and Waste ManagementKatharina Kummer Peiry30. Drilling at the Poles: Environmental Protection in the Antarctic and the ArcticKaren N. ScottIndex