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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... role and place of environmental considerations, it is necessary first to outline the theoretical framework within which the principle of equitable utilization exists and then to set out in detail the normative development and ...
... role and place of environmental considerations, it is necessary first to outline the theoretical framework within which the principle of equitable utilization exists and then to set out in detail the normative development and ...
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... role of environmental protection in particular, at least to the extent that it is possible to draw broad conclusions as to how environmental considerations might impact upon application of the principle of equitable utilization in ...
... role of environmental protection in particular, at least to the extent that it is possible to draw broad conclusions as to how environmental considerations might impact upon application of the principle of equitable utilization in ...
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... role of equity and equitable principles in international law. While certain authors have provided thorough accounts of the role of equity in international law generally23 and, more particularly, in the apportionment of shared natural ...
... role of equity and equitable principles in international law. While certain authors have provided thorough accounts of the role of equity in international law generally23 and, more particularly, in the apportionment of shared natural ...
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... role of equity is particularly important as a process of equitable balancing, of one form or another, is increasingly regarded as central, not only to the apportionment of shared natural resources, but also to the duty to prevent ...
... role of equity is particularly important as a process of equitable balancing, of one form or another, is increasingly regarded as central, not only to the apportionment of shared natural resources, but also to the duty to prevent ...
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... 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 considered and protected. They provide legal grounds ...
... 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 considered and protected. They provide legal grounds ...
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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1997 Convention 1997 UN Convention activities adopted Agreement allocation application Arbitration Berlin Rules Birnie and Boyle Bruhacs cause significant harm commentary to Article concerning concluded Continental Shelf cooperate customary international law delimitation Draft Articles drainage basin due diligence duty economic ecosystem approach effects environmental impact assessment environmental protection equitable and reasonable equitable utilization established example freshwater resources Fuentes further Helsinki Rules Ibid implementation infra inter alia intergenerational equity international drainage basin International Environmental Law International Law Commission International Rivers International Water international watercourse Journal of International McCaffrey natural negotiations Non-Navigational normative notify parties Policy pollution practice precautionary principle principle of equitable principles of international procedural protection of international Protocol provides relation requires riparian role substantive supra sustainable development Tanzi and Arcari transboundary environmental transboundary harm Treaty United Nations UNTS utilization of international vital human needs Water Disputes Tribunal Yearbook of International