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International Law and Sustainable Development: Past Achievements and Future Challenges »

Authors: Alan Boyle (Editor), David Freestone
ISBN-13: 9780198298076, ISBN-10: 0198298072
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: December 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Alan Boyle

Alan Boyle is the science editor for MSNBC.com and also appears on MSNBC news. He has won multiple awards for his science writing from the the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Association of Science Writers, and the Space Frontier Foundation.

Book Synopsis

Written by a team of leading experts, this collection of essays deals with the most recent developments in international environmental law since the UN Rio Conference on Environment and Development in 1992. It focuses on sustainable development, natural resources, Antarctica, the protection of marine environment, and the revolution in international fisheries law.

	Notes on Contributors
	Table of Cases
	Table of Treaties and Other Instruments
	List of Abbreviations
1	Introduction	1
2	Sustainable Development and Unsustainable Arguments	19
3	Sustainable Development: Treaty, Custom, and the Cross-fertilization of International Law	39
4	Codification of International Environmental Law and the International Law Commission: Injurious Consequences Revisited	61
5	Natural Resources in the Case Law of the International Court	87
6	The Development of the Legal Regime of High Seas Fisheries	113
7	International Fisheries Law Since Rio: The Continued Rise of the Precautionary Principle	135
8	Towards Long-term Sustainable Use: Some Recent Developments in the Legal Regime of Fisheries	165
9	Protection of Ecosystems under International Law: Lessons from Antarctica	205
10	Sustaining Small Cetaceans: A Preliminary Evaluation of the Ascobans and Accobams Agreements	225
11	The Settlement of Disputes According to the Straddling Stocks Agreement of 1995	253
12	The Law of the Sea Convention and Agenda 21: Marine Environmental Implications	271
13	The International Legal Regime for the Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment from Land-based Sources of Pollution	297
14	Port States and Environmental Protection	325
15	Liability for Damage to the Marine Environment	345
16	The Challenge of Implementation: Some Concluding Notes	359
	Index	365