Peter-Tobias Stoll - Böcker

National implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) provisions has yielded enough challenges for providers and users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge alike. The Nagoya Protocal brings novel ideas for resolving the challenges plaguing the Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) process in general and non-commercial research in particular. This is one of the first books to address research cooperation and facilitated access for non-commercial biodiversity research. It uniquely offers concrete and practicable solutions based on experiences of researchers and administrative officials with ABS, and on the interpretation of the Nagoya Protocol on how free and lively taxonomic research can be ensured while at the same time observing obligations of obtaining prior informed consent and sharing of benefits.This book will be useful to students of International Environmental Law, International Biodiversity Law, Intellectual Property Law, Climate Law and Law of Indigenous Populations.With foreword from Executive Secretary CBD, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias.

National implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) provisions has yielded enough challenges for providers and users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge alike. The Nagoya Protocal brings novel ideas for resolving the challenges plaguing the Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) process in general and non-commercial research in particular. This is one of the first books to address research cooperation and facilitated access for non-commercial biodiversity research. It uniquely offers concrete and practicable solutions based on experiences of researchers and administrative officials with ABS, and on the interpretation of the Nagoya Protocol on how free and lively taxonomic research can be ensured while at the same time observing obligations of obtaining prior informed consent and sharing of benefits.This book will be useful to students of International Environmental Law, International Biodiversity Law, Intellectual Property Law, Climate Law and Law of Indigenous Populations.With foreword from Executive Secretary CBD, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias.

Facts and feelings constitute a complex tension in modern science. Not only can public opinion deviate from scientific knowledge, but that knowledge itself can be lacunose or contradicting. Managing Facts and Feelings in Environmental Governance examines this internal friction, between the need to engage the public in the importance of environmental governance and the demand of professional expertise to address the issues that arise.This timely and insightful book acknowledges the growing role of behavioural science in the determination of environmental policy, regulation and decision-making, providing astute guidance to decision-makers regarding how to balance the needs of public participation procedures and professional expertise. Its multidisciplinary approach provides new insights in the field of public participation, enabling further analysis of environmental psychology, equality law and fundamental rights and offers concrete guidance on how to approach natural science in court. Engaging with the role that the precautionary principle can play in balancing tensions between public and academic spheres, this book includes a state-of-the-art account of the precautionary approach under EU and International Law.Combining law in action with academic approaches, this book is a must-read for scholars of environmental law, governance and regulation. It also offers valuable guidance for decision-makers and NGOs active in environmental protection, as well as environmental lawyers at national, European and international levels.

This book provides readers with a unique opportunity to explore how the international economic legal order (IELO) may look in a post-WTO world.

This book provides readers with a unique opportunity to explore how the international economic legal order (IELO) may look in a post-WTO world.

Peter-Tobias Stoll untersucht das Verfassungs-, Umwelt- und Technikrecht mit Blick auf das Risiko- und Risikoverwaltungsrecht und auf die Frage, wie danach die Aufgabe der Gewährleistung von Sicherheit zwischen Staat und Gesellschaft verteilt ist. Er geht von zwei aktuellen verfassungsrechtlichen Diskussionslinien aus, die sich schneiden. Einerseits werden mit einem grundrechtlich und als Staatsaufgabe formulierten Begriff der Sicherheit Pflichten und Befugnisse des Staates akzentuiert. Aus anderer Sicht werden Zweifel an der Steuerungs- und Leistungsfähigkeit des Staates laut. Sie führen mit dem Stichwort der gesellschaftlichen Selbstregulierung zur Forderung nach einer Verlagerung von Aufgaben auf die Gesellschaft und ihre Mitglieder. Der Autor betrachtet unter dieser Fragestellung den Bereich der inneren Sicherheit, den Arbeitsschutz, das Anlagen-, Atom- und Gentechnikrecht sowie das Recht der Produktsicherheit mit dem Lebensmittel- und Arzneimittelrecht. Daraus gewinnt er in einem Querschnitt Aufschlüsse über die Funktionen, zu denen Risikoerkenntnis und Wissensproduktion, Information und Kommunikation, die technische Entwicklung und Fragen der Wiedergutmachung und Entschädigung zählen. Außerdem werden die wesentlichen Prinzipien und Grundsätze, namentlich Vorsorge, Rationalität, Verantwortung, Freiheit, Selbstbestimmung, Selbstregulierung und Zeitlichkeit diskutiert.

Neben einem erheblichen Bedeutungszuwachs hat das Investitionsschutzrecht unlängst auch erhebliche verfassungsrechtliche Kritik erfahren. Anhand aktueller Strukturelemente des völkerrechtlichen Investitionsschutzes unternimmt der Band eine an dieser Kritik orientierte verfassungsrechtliche Untersuchung. Unter Berücksichtigung der innerstaatlichen bzw. innereuropäischen Wirkungen völkerrechtlicher Investitionsschutzverträge und der sich daraus ableitenden verfassungsrechtlichen Prüfungsmaßstäbe steht eine Einordnung und Bewertung anhand der demokratischen, rechtsstaatlichen und grundrechtlichen Anforderungen des deutschen und europäischen Verfassungsrechts im Vordergrund. Dabei werden nicht nur resultierende Dissonanzen, sondern auch Chancen eines verfassungsrechtlichen Zugriffs auf das Investitionsschutzrecht aufgezeigt. Hinzu tritt ein konziser Überblick zu Akteuren und Konfliktlinien der entsprechenden verfassungspolitischen Debatte in außergerichtlichen und gerichtlichen Verfahren.

In light of the increased utilization of information technologies, such as social media and the ‘Internet of Things,’ this book investigates how this digital transformation process creates new challenges and opportunities for political participation, political election campaigns and political regulation of the Internet.

In light of the increased utilization of information technologies, such as social media and the ‘Internet of Things,’ this book investigates how this digital transformation process creates new challenges and opportunities for political participation, political election campaigns and political regulation of the Internet.

th Rüdiger Wolfrum celebrated his 65 birthday on 13 December 2006. On this special occasion, current and former members of the large circle of his PhD and post-doctorate students (Doktoranden und Habilit- den) organized a symposium on the subject of “International Law - day: New Challenges and the Need for Reform?” to honour him and his academic work as a teacher and researcher. The symposium took place at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and - ternational Law in Heidelberg on 15 and 16 December 2006. Since Rüdiger Wolfrum is a renowned scholar in many different fields of public national and international law, the subjects covered by the speakers and commentators reflect the wide variety of issues he worked on in his long and impressive academic career. They extend from a cri- cal evaluation of the new responsibility to protect and the role of the UN Security Council in post-conflict management, thoughts on the proliferation of international tribunals with regard to the unity or fragmentation of international law, marine genetic resources in the deep sea and environmental protection in Antarctica to human rights issues relating to intellectual property rights and the protection of minorities. All the presentations focused on new trends in international law and thus followed the lead of Rüdiger Wolfrum who has always been at the forefront of innovative legal developments.

th Rüdiger Wolfrum celebrated his 65 birthday on 13 December 2006. On this special occasion, current and former members of the large circle of his PhD and post-doctorate students (Doktoranden und Habilit- den) organized a symposium on the subject of “International Law - day: New Challenges and the Need for Reform?” to honour him and his academic work as a teacher and researcher. The symposium took place at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and - ternational Law in Heidelberg on 15 and 16 December 2006. Since Rüdiger Wolfrum is a renowned scholar in many different fields of public national and international law, the subjects covered by the speakers and commentators reflect the wide variety of issues he worked on in his long and impressive academic career. They extend from a cri- cal evaluation of the new responsibility to protect and the role of the UN Security Council in post-conflict management, thoughts on the proliferation of international tribunals with regard to the unity or fragmentation of international law, marine genetic resources in the deep sea and environmental protection in Antarctica to human rights issues relating to intellectual property rights and the protection of minorities. All the presentations focused on new trends in international law and thus followed the lead of Rüdiger Wolfrum who has always been at the forefront of innovative legal developments.

Das Werk dient der systematischen Aufbereitung der in der deutschen AWZ und in den Küstengewässern der Nord- und Ostsee geltenden Regelungen des Meeresnaturschutzes.

The 2005 UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity is a landmark agreement in modern international law of culture. It reflects the diverse and pluralist understanding of culture, as well as its growing commercial dimension. Thirty diplomats, practitioners and academics explain and assess this important agreement in a commentary style. Article by article, the evolution, concepts, contents and implications of the Convention are analysed in depth and are complemented by valuable recommendations for implementation. In an unprecedented way, the book draws on the first-hand insights of negotiators and on the experience of practitioners in implementation, including international cooperation, and combines this with a good deal of critical academic reflection. It is a valuable guide for those who deal with the Convention and its implementation in governments, diplomacy, international organizations, cultural institutions and non-governmental organizations and will also serve as an important resource for academic work in such fields as international law and international relations.

The 2005 UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity is a landmark agreement in modern international law of culture. It reflects the diverse and pluralist understanding of culture, as well as its growing commercial dimension. Thirty diplomats, practitioners and academics explain and assess this important agreement in a commentary style. Article by article, the evolution, concepts, contents and implications of the Convention are analysed in depth and are complemented by valuable recommendations for implementation. In an unprecedented way, the book draws on the first-hand insights of negotiators and on the experience of practitioners in implementation, including international cooperation, and combines this with a good deal of critical academic reflection. It is a valuable guide for those who deal with the Convention and its implementation in governments, diplomacy, international organizations, cultural institutions and non-governmental organizations and will also serve as an important resource for academic work in such fields as international law and international relations.

Der Transfer von Technologie spielt in den internationalen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen eine bedeutende Rolle. Das Buch geht den mit unterschiedlichen wirtschaftspolitischen Ansatzen verbundenen Regelungsvorhaben auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene nach und behandelt u.a. die sogenannten besonderen Technologie-Transfer-Gesetze, die Verhandlungen uber einen Entwurf eines Internationalen Verhaltenskodex fur den Technologietransfer, die Revision der Pariser Verbandsubereinkunft, die Entwicklung eines internationalen Schutzes des geistigen Eigentums an Computersoftware und -chips und die auf der Uruguay-Runde des GATT getroffenen Vereinbarungen uber die "Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights" und die Investitionsmassnahmen.

Since its foundation in 1995, the World Trade Organization, with its extensive legal provisions, has been defining the world trade relations and also had an enormous impact on both European and national economic law. At the same time, the WTO is perceived within the political discussion as a symbol for the world trade relations as a whole, the challenges of globalization and justice of the world trade order. Due to the expansion, consolidation and the increased enforcement of its rules, the relevance of the World Trade Organization will continue to increase. This book describes the institutional system, the basic principles and the vast variety of rules of the World Trade Organization. It aims at clarifying the structures and the general concepts, in order to enable the reader to get a better understanding of the issues at stake in many of the discussions and controversies on world trade.

Technical standards are increasingly determining the development, production, trade in and marketing of goods and services. In order to ensure that technical regulations and product standards which vary from country to country do not create unnecessary obstacles to trade the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade was adopted during the Uruguay Round. It is paralleled by the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures which sets out the basic rules on how governments can apply food safety as well as animal and plant health measures without, however, using them as an excuse for protecting domestic producers. Prominent decisions under the WTO Dispute Settlement have interpreted those provisions. This volume gives a detailed account of the necessary parameters for technical standards and measures seeking to protect health and environment. Included are commentaries on Articles III, XI and XX of GATT 1994 which are equally relevant in this context. The article by article commentaries draw from a considerable body of case law, the work by the TBT and SPS Committee and the relevant legal literature. Attention is given to substantive requirements as well as the necessary standard setting procedures. Apart from a thorough analysis of the relevant and most recent jurisprudence including the Biotech Panel Report the commentary seeks to give answers to newly emerging issues, such as special needs of developing countries. It is an indispensable tool for practitioners and academics working in this field of WTO law.