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International environmental law for the 21st century

Author
Nanda V.P., Pring G.
Date
2003
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-072716)
Publisher | Place of publication
Transnational Publishers | Ardsley, NY, USA
ISBN
1-57105-142-2
Pages
512 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Comprehensive description
Abstract

Emphasizing the environmental, social, and human damage caused by non-sustainable development, this book provides readers with an incisive and integrated approach to the political, economic, scientific, and technological realities and challenges facing international environmental law and policy today. In addition to an in-depth survey of the past, present, and future of this important and rapidly expanding field,this new book offers innovative chapters on such crucial current imperatives as: The nature and scope of the challenge; First principles of international environmental law; Environment and human right; And much more. Traditional subjects are also covered, including the history of international environmental law, the Law of the Sea, international freshwater resources, cross-border air pollution, and ozone depletion and global warming. (source: Transnational Publishers - catalogue 2004)