Full Description
The Yearbook of International Environmental Law has established itself as a vital source of information and analysis in an increasingly important legal field. The contributors for this volume are are drawn from experts across the world who, together with the expert team of editors, have created the best source of information on world-wide events in this field. The article section contains top-quality essays on topical subjects; the year-in-review section offers a round-up of legal developments in every part of the world.
Contents
ARTICLES; Facilitating (Transnational) Civil Liability litigation for Environmrntal Damage by Means of Treaties: Progress, Problems and Prospects; State Responsibility for Environmental Harm; The Basel Liability Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal; Towards a New Convention on Corporate Accountability? Some Lessons From the Thor Chemical and Cape PLC Cases; I. GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS; II. Air and Atmosphere; III. Fresh Water; IV. Oceans; V. Energy; VI. Hazardous Substances and Waste, other than Nuclear; VII. International Commons/ Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction; VIII. Natural Resource Management and Conservation; IX. International Economy and the Environment; X. Country/Region Reports; XI. Reports From International Courts and Tribunals; XII. reports on International Organizations and Bodies; LITERATURE REVIEW; Olav Schram Stokke (ed), Governing High Seas Fisheries: The Interplay of Global and Regional Regimes; Stephen C. McCaffrey The Law of International Watercourses: Non-Navigational Uses; Atilla Tanzi and Maurizio Arcari The United Nations Convention on the Law of International Watercourses; Tao Zhenua and Rudiger Wolfrum (eds.) Implementing International Environmental Law in Germany and China
