Contemporary Issues in International Environmental Law Author Fitzmaurice M. Date 2009 Source IUCN (ID: MON-093186) Publisher | Place of publication Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd | Cheltenham, United Kingdom ISBN 978-1-84542-283-7 Document type Monography/book Language English Field of application International Subject Environment gen. Keyword Sustainable development Precautionary principle Abstract The central aim of this book is to illuminate how many concepts in international environmental law such as the precautionary principle and sustainable development are taken for granted. These problematic issues are very much still evolving and subject to heated debate between scholars as well as between states. Full text MON-093186TOC.pdf DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781848447318