Public international law: environment

Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea examines the rights and duties of states across a broad spectrum of maritime security threats.

This book provides valuable insights into various contemporary issues in public and private maritime law, including interdisciplinary aspects.

This 2005 volume presents research on the crucial issues concerning energy law, that are facing the international community.

This book offers recent insights into some of the burning issues of our times: climate change, exposure to chemicals, refugee issues and the ecological harm that accompanies conflict situations.

This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of the various issues faced by countries in the European Union, where progressing climate change and urbanization pose significant cooperative challenges in a large number of river basins.

An analysis of the normative prerequisites for addressing the challenges of democratic earth system governance in the Anthropocene.

This three-volume Manual on International Maritime Law presents a systematic analysis of the history and contemporary development of international maritime law by leading contributors from across the world.

Despite the potential benefits that PSSA designation can deliver, recent practice both within the IMO and by individual member States, has considerably undermined confidence in this emerging concept.

The Netherlands Yearbook of International Law was first published in 1970.

This is the first book that critically examines the reform of the Appellate Body (AB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in light of the current crisis resulting from the U.

Climate change presents one of the greatest challenges of our time, and has become one of the defining issues of the twenty-first century.

This book provides researchers and policy-makers with legal avenues to enable a just transition to decarbonisation.

As global climate change threatens to change radically both the political and physical climate with regard to water issues, so a reassessment of some of the fundamental principles of international water law is emerging.

This book explores how non-governmental organizations (NGOs), with their sphere of influence within the State and beyond, enrich the international community by working on critical areas affecting people's lives and expectations, to facilitate a more humanising international law.

Argues that international human rights and water laws provide legal bases for the right to water and its extraterritorial application.

Global energy is on the cusp of change, and it has become almost a truism that energy is in transition.

This book presents an important discussion on future options for sustainable soil management in Africa from various perspectives, including national soil protection regulations, the role of tenure rights, the work of relevant international institutions such as the UNCCD and FAO, and regional and international cooperation.

The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) remains the cornerstone of global ocean governance.

"e;This is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change.

Assesses to what extent wilderness areas in Europe receive protection under international conventions, EU directives and domestic law.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging field of corporate law, corporate governance and sustainability.

The recent Brexit debates present leaving the European Union largely as a threat to environmental protection, and to environmental law.

Twenty years of talks have done little to slow global warming.

This book explores how non-governmental organizations (NGOs), with their sphere of influence within the State and beyond, enrich the international community by working on critical areas affecting people's lives and expectations, to facilitate a more humanising international law.

This book offers two major proposals for environmental law reform, laying the groundwork for a third generation of environmental law.

The Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters has been celebrated as a pioneering international environmental agreement.

Climate change is reshaping the planet, its ecosystems, and the evolution of human societies.

This book focuses on the most serious social and economic challenges faced by China from a public international law perspective.

No one sets out to intentionally cause environmental problems.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Institute of Maritime Law at Southampton University, current and former maritime law researchers came together to discuss the evolution of this fascinating area of law in the last 30 years and to stimulate discussion on its possible future.

International economic law guides and shapes globalization and the future of the world economy, our human societies, and the Earth.

A detailed overview of the law-and-economics methodology developed and employed by environmental lawyers and policymakers.

This book addresses why, whether and how the existing legal framework on water management in China could make climate change adaptation a mainstream issue.

This text is an ideal starting point to understand the regulatory regimes and policy challenges relevant to Australia''s mining sector.

Comparative analysis of regulations in protecting the Arctic and Antarctic against pollution.

This book represents the collected works of Environmental and Resource Management (ERM) Alumni as well as young professionals and researches who are involved in the field of ERM.

The book provides a systematic and comprehensive study of the prevention principle in international environmental law.

This book takes a completely new and innovative approach to analysing the development of EU law.

The book offers a succinct overview of key topics and core concepts for food scientists, quality managers, and others who need to understand the regulation of food and dietary supplements in the U.

Analyses voluntary programs for sustainable buildings and cities, a prominent strategy to mitigate climate change.

This volume examines how states respond to public and private actions that cause harms across international borders.

This book presents a thorough analysis of the innovative food commons approach in relation to the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

The book discusses sustainability and law in a multifaceted way.

This book explores the legal regime of non-product related process and production methods (NPR PPMs) in the context of trade-restrictive environmental measures, eco-labelling requirements and sanitary measures under the WTO.

A geographer''s perspective on environmental politics for advanced students and researchers in geography, social and political science.

An innovative, interdisciplinary analysis of the increasingly important relationship between EU environmental and competition law and policy.

Leading scholars from economics, management studies, and political science suggest effective environmental policies to mitigate human impact on the environment.