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Symposium: The environment and the United States - Mexico border (Series of articles)

Author
various authors
Journal/Series
St. Mary 's Law Journal | Vol. 27(4); 715 - 965; 251 p.
Date
1996
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-060066)
Publisher | Place of publication
St. Mary University School of Law | San Antonio, TX, USA
Language
English
Country/Territory
United States of America, Mexico
Subject
Environment gen., Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Environmental standards Enforcement/compliance Public health International trade
Geographical area
North America
Abstract

Contents: 1. NAFTA and the environment: A proposal for free trade in hazardous waste between the United States and Mexico 2. The Maquiladora Industry and environmental degradation in the United States - Mexico borderlands 3. Private enforcement of NAFTA environmental standards through transnational mass tort litigation: The role of United States courts in the age of free trade 4. Third World Texas: NAFTA, State Law, and environmental problems facing Texas Colonias 5. NAFTA and the environment: Dealing with abnormally high birth defect rates among children of Texas - Mexico border towns