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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... 372 9.4 Custom 377 9.5 Normative Sophistication 379 Bibliography 383 Index 413 International Conventions Final Act of the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International Law vi.
... 372 9.4 Custom 377 9.5 Normative Sophistication 379 Bibliography 383 Index 413 International Conventions Final Act of the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International Law vi.
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... 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. In so doing this work relies heavily on the work of a ...
... 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. In so doing this work relies heavily on the work of a ...
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... normative substance and sophistication, including, for example, the concept of due diligence and ancillary procedural obligations to cooperate. At any rate, it quickly becomes quite clear from a detailed examination of the origins ...
... normative substance and sophistication, including, for example, the concept of due diligence and ancillary procedural obligations to cooperate. At any rate, it quickly becomes quite clear from a detailed examination of the origins ...
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... 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, standards and concerns can be ...
... 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, standards and concerns can be ...
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... normative content of such rules and principles is becoming increasingly clearly defined, both through their ongoing elaboration into a sophisticated corpus of legal requirements and through growing understanding of their mutual ...
... normative content of such rules and principles is becoming increasingly clearly defined, both through their ongoing elaboration into a sophisticated corpus of legal requirements and through growing understanding of their mutual ...
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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