Precautionary rights and duties of states / by Arie Trouwborst.
Concluding that the precautionary principle embodies customary international law is one thing. Determining what this means is quite another. That challenge is met by this work, which resolves a number of crucial questions concerning the scope of this principle of international environmental law - th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,
©2006.
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| Series: | Nova et vetera iuris gentium ;
no. 25. |
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| Summary: | Concluding that the precautionary principle embodies customary international law is one thing. Determining what this means is quite another. That challenge is met by this work, which resolves a number of crucial questions concerning the scope of this principle of international environmental law - the conditions triggering a right or duty to take precautionary action; the measures to be taken; the allocation of the burden of proof; and the role of socio-economic factors. These questions are dealt with one at a time through the charting and analysis of patterns and common denominators in the ext. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047418276 9047418271 |
| ISSN: | 1871-6725 ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |