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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... Further, equitable concepts, such as that of proportionality, have long been employed to finesse the application of international law. Proportionality can function either to ensure that there remains some relationship of scale between ...
... Further, equitable concepts, such as that of proportionality, have long been employed to finesse the application of international law. Proportionality can function either to ensure that there remains some relationship of scale between ...
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... further, Chapter 7, infra. 28 See further, Chapter 8, infra. of shared freshwater resources. Indeed, even the current trend in Introduction 7.
... further, Chapter 7, infra. 28 See further, Chapter 8, infra. of shared freshwater resources. Indeed, even the current trend in Introduction 7.
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... further, that by 2025 there will be approximately 3.5 billion people living in water-stressed countries.11 Water resources are being utilized at an ever-increasing rate, for agricultural. 3 Recently, in the Case Concerning the Gabcikovo ...
... further, that by 2025 there will be approximately 3.5 billion people living in water-stressed countries.11 Water resources are being utilized at an ever-increasing rate, for agricultural. 3 Recently, in the Case Concerning the Gabcikovo ...
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... further G. Handl, 'Territorial Sovereignty and the Problem of Transnational Pollution' (1975) 69 American Journal of International Law, 50; and J. D. Van Der Vyer, 'State Sovereignty and the Environment in International Law' (1992) 109 ...
... further G. Handl, 'Territorial Sovereignty and the Problem of Transnational Pollution' (1975) 69 American Journal of International Law, 50; and J. D. Van Der Vyer, 'State Sovereignty and the Environment in International Law' (1992) 109 ...
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... further notes that all the commentators referred to came from only four countries, Austria, Germany, Canada and the ... further, Chapter 3, infra, n. 8. 54 F. J. Berber, Rivers in International Law (Stevens & Sons, London, 1959), at 15 ...
... further notes that all the commentators referred to came from only four countries, Austria, Germany, Canada and the ... further, Chapter 3, infra, n. 8. 54 F. J. Berber, Rivers in International Law (Stevens & Sons, London, 1959), at 15 ...
Contents
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3 The Principle of Equitable Utilization | 53 |
4 The Rule on Prevention of Significant Harm | 87 |
5 Equity and the Utilization of Shared Natural Resources | 121 |
6 Factors Relating to the Equitable Utilization of International Watercourses | 155 |
Substantive Rules of Customary and General International Law | 191 |
Procedural Rules of Customary and General International Law | 317 |
Environmental Protection as a Factor in Determining the Equitable Utilization of International Watercourses | 359 |
Bibliography | 381 |
Index | 413 |
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