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Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law 2nd Edition

Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law 2nd Edition

Author: Erika Techera; Jade Lindley; Karen N. Scott; Anastasia Telesetsky
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367685034

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781138838970
Published In: January 2023
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9780367209247

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This book critically explores the legal tools, concepts, principles and instruments, as well as cross-cutting issues, that comprise the field of international environmental law. Commencing with foundational elements, progressing on to discrete sub-fields, then exploring regional cooperative approaches, cross-cutting issues and finally emerging challenges for international environmental law, it features chapters by leading experts in the field of international environmental law, drawn from a range of countries in order to put forward a truly global approach to the subject.

The book is split into five parts:

The foundations of international environmental law covering the principles of international environmental law, standards and voluntary commitments, sustainable development, issues of public participation and environmental rights and compliance, state responsibility, liability and dispute settlement.
The key instruments and governance arrangements across the most critical areas of international environmental law: biodiversity, wildlife, freshwater, forestry and soils, fisheries, marine pollution, chemicals and waste, air and atmospheric pollution and climate change.
Crucial developments in seven distinct regions of the world: Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, So
Cross-cutting issues and multidisciplinary developments, drawing from multiple other fields of law and beyond to address human rights and Indigenous rights, war and armed conflict, trade, financing, investment, cri
Contemporary challenges and the emerging international environmental law regimes which address these: the changing climate, forced migration, marine plastic debris and future directions in international environmental law
Containing chapters on the most critical developments in environmental law in recent years, this comprehensive and authoritative book makes for an essential reference work for students, scholars and practitioners working in the field.

1. An Introduction To International Environmental Law

2. Principles, Standards And Voluntary Commitments In IEL

3. Sustainable Development Law

4. Compliance, State Responsibility And Liability

5. Information, Public Participation And Access To Justice In Environmental Matters

6. Constitutional Environmental Rights, And Rights For The Environment

7. International Environmental Law Dispute Settlement

8. Biodiversity, Bio-Security And Bio-Prospecting

9. International Wildlife Law

10. International Freshwater Law

11. Soils, Forestry And Deforestation In International Environmental Law

12. Fisheries Law