International Environmental Law in the Asia PacificSpringer Netherlands, 1998 M02 18 - 364 pages What does the future hold for the development of international environmental law in the Asia Pacific? This book addresses that question through a multifaceted examination of various aspects of environmental law in the states which comprise East and Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the island states of the Southwest Pacific, and occasionally the states of South and Central Asia. A treaties table at the end of the book includes most Asia Pacific countries, giving the reader a fuller picture of the environmental conventions. In addition to providing an overall view of international environmental law, this examination includes an in-depth look at such subjects as:
The book concludes by assessing the interaction between international and regional environmental law and turning to an examination of future prospects for the Asia Pacific. Through its thorough range of coverage, International Environmental Law in the Asia Pacific provides an illustration of the current state of development of international environmental law within the region as well as the forces shaping further development of international and regional schemes for environmental governance. In doing so, the book promotes long-term ecological, social, and economic sustainability. |
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Ben Boer, Ross Ramsay, Donald Rothwell. Chapter 15 Interaction between Global and Regional International Environmental Law In recent years there has been a gradual move towards the adoption of subre- gional and regional responses to ...
Ben Boer, Ross Ramsay, Donald Rothwell. to universal international law , but correlated to it " .40 However , not all global and regional international law is complementary . In those cases there may be some scope for the operation of ...
... global regimes in regions which not only have a distinctive legal ... global regime . A strict legal analysis then of the problems which arise in the Antarctic context suggests significant overlap and conflict between global and regional ...
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The Nature of International Environmental | 1 |
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Principles of International Environmental | 9 |
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