International Environmental Law and Policy, 5th (University Casebook Series) By David Hunter, James Salzman, Durwood Zaelke
2015 | 1593 Pages | ISBN: 1609303210 | PDF | 159 MB
The most widely adopted text in the field, this comprehensive, multidisciplinary casebook analyzes all aspects of international environmental law and policy, including the major environmental treaty regimes, customary law principles and the development and evolution of soft law norms. It emphasizes the dynamic nature of the law-making process, including global environmental diplomacy and the critical role of non-state actors, including scientists, NGOs, and business. It presents the binding norms of international environmental law, and explains how international cooperation facilitates and strengthens global environmental governance through setting national priorities, coordinating bilateral and multilateral science, financing, technology sharing, and capacity building.