Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International LawMcIntyre's work explains the legal means by which requirements of environmental protection influence the determination of a reasonable and equitable regime for allocating rights to riparian states to utilize shared freshwater resources. The work examines the means and processes by which environmental considerations can act upon the operation of the principle of equitable utilization. The volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the subject, outlining the development, scope and operation in general and customary international law of key rules of environmental protection. |
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... 9.1 Sustainable Development 9.2 Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment 9.3 International Commissions 9.4 Custom 9.5 Normative Sophistication Bibliography Index International Conventions Final Act of the 1815 Congress of Vienna,
... 9.1 Sustainable Development 9.2 Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment 9.3 International Commissions 9.4 Custom 9.5 Normative Sophistication Bibliography Index International Conventions Final Act of the 1815 Congress of Vienna,
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... exists and then to set out in detail the normative development and substantive content of both the equitable utilization and no-harm principles, as well as to explain the nature of the relationship between these principles.
... exists and then to set out in detail the normative development and substantive content of both the equitable utilization and no-harm principles, as well as to explain the nature of the relationship between these principles.
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Indeed, the general obligation to prevent harm is well established in customary international law and brings with it a high degree of normative substance and sophistication, including, for example, the concept of due diligence and ...
Indeed, the general obligation to prevent harm is well established in customary international law and brings with it a high degree of normative substance and sophistication, including, for example, the concept of due diligence and ...
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Of course, this is asking a great deal of a single, ill-defined normative principle and McCaffrey warns that it 'has resulted in a degree of confusion and perhaps in an overloading of a principle whose implementation is already a ...
Of course, this is asking a great deal of a single, ill-defined normative principle and McCaffrey warns that it 'has resulted in a degree of confusion and perhaps in an overloading of a principle whose implementation is already a ...
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Regardless of their precise normative status, these rules have a central role to play in articulating environmental values, standards and concerns and in providing conceptual and procedural frameworks within which such values, ...
Regardless of their precise normative status, these rules have a central role to play in articulating environmental values, standards and concerns and in providing conceptual and procedural frameworks within which such values, ...
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Contents
The Principle of Equitable Utilization | |
The Rule on Prevention of Significant Harm | |
Equity and the Utilization of Shared Natural Resources | |
Factors Relating to the Equitable Utilization of International Watercourses | |
Substantive | |
Rules of Customary and General International | |
Environmental Protection as a Factor in Determining | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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| Title | Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International Law |
| Author | Owen McIntyre |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1317142209, 9781317142201 |
| Length | 448 pages |
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