International law and sustainable development: Past achievements and future challenges Author Boyle A., Freestone D. (eds.) Date 1999 Source IUCN (ID: MON-072269) Publisher | Place of publication Oxford University Press | New York, NY, USA ISBN 0-19-829807-2 Pages 408 p. Document type Monography/book Language English Field of application International Subject Fisheries, Environment gen., Sea Keyword Marine area Sustainable development Ecosystem preservation Fishery management and conservation Geographical area Antarctica Abstract Contents: (1) Introduction (2) Sustainable development and unsustainable arguments (3) Sustainable development: Treaty, custom and the cross-fertilization of international law (4) Codification of international environmental law and thee International Law Commission: Injurious consequences revisited (5) Natural resources in the case law of the international court (6) The development of the legal regime of high seas fisheries (7) International fisheries law since Rio: The continued rise of the precautionary principle (8) Towards long term sustainable use: Some recent developments in the legal regime of fisheries (9) Protection of ecosystems under international law: Lessons from Antarctica (10) Sustaining small cetaceans: A preliminary evaluation of the ASCOBANS and ACCOBAMS agreements (11) The settlement of disputes according to the straddling stocks agreement of 1995 (12) The Law of the Sea Convention and Agenda 21: Marine environment implications (13) The international legal regime for protection and preservation of the marine environment from land-based sources of pollution (14) Port states and environmental protection (15) Liability for damage to the marine environment (16) The challenge of implementation: Some concluding notes