International environmental law and policy

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Weiss Edith Brown, 1942-
Published: Aspen Publishers, Inc.,
Publisher Address: New York, NY
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 2nd ed.
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Carrier Form: xxxiv, 1145 p.: maps ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 0735526389
9780735526389
Index Number: D996
CLC: D996.9
Call Number: D996.9/I615-2/2nd.ed.
Contents: The nature of international environmental issues -- The philosophical framework -- Rational decisionmaking and its constraints: economics, risk, and uncertainty -- The international legal system and environmental protection -- Accountability and compliance -- General norms of prevention -- Environmental disasters -- Human rights and environment -- Regional transboundary pollution -- Controlling ozone depletion -- Global climate change -- Protection of the marine environment -- Hazardous substances: wastes, toxic chemicals, heavy metals -- Military activities -- Norms of allocation of use: fresh water -- Biological diversity -- Biosafety regulation -- Environment and trade -- Financing environmental protection.