Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International LawRoutledge, 2016 M05 13 - 448 pages McIntyre'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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... Notes between the British and French Governments Defining the Boundary between the Gold Coast and French Soudan. 1905 Treaty of Karlstad (Sweden and Norway). 1906 Convention between the United States and Mexico concerning the Equitable ...
... Notes between the British and French Governments Defining the Boundary between the Gold Coast and French Soudan. 1905 Treaty of Karlstad (Sweden and Norway). 1906 Convention between the United States and Mexico concerning the Equitable ...
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... Notes Exchanged between the United Kingdom and France Agreeing to the Ratification of the Protocol Defining the Boundary between French Equatorial Africa and the Anglo-Egyptian Soudan. 1926 Exchange of Notes between the Belgian and ...
... Notes Exchanged between the United Kingdom and France Agreeing to the Ratification of the Protocol Defining the Boundary between French Equatorial Africa and the Anglo-Egyptian Soudan. 1926 Exchange of Notes between the Belgian and ...
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... notes that all the commentators referred to came from only four countries, Austria, Germany, Canada and the United States, each of which are upstream States, at least in relation to some of their watercourses and neighbouring co ...
... notes that all the commentators referred to came from only four countries, Austria, Germany, Canada and the United States, each of which are upstream States, at least in relation to some of their watercourses and neighbouring co ...
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... note that the emerging notion of protection of 'environmental flows' in a watercourse, which is closely associated with the so-called 'ecosystems approach', tends to require that a user of a watercourse does not diminish the natural ...
... note that the emerging notion of protection of 'environmental flows' in a watercourse, which is closely associated with the so-called 'ecosystems approach', tends to require that a user of a watercourse does not diminish the natural ...
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... notes that in the Trail Smelter arbitration, though concerned with transfrontier air pollution rather than conflicting utilization of an international watercourse, the Legal Advisor to the US Department of State argued that: It is a ...
... notes that in the Trail Smelter arbitration, though concerned with transfrontier air pollution rather than conflicting utilization of an international watercourse, the Legal Advisor to the US Department of State argued that: It is a ...
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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Bibliographic information
| 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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