Edward Elgar Publishing Research Handbook on International Environmental Law (Research Handbooks in International Law series)

This wide-ranging and comprehensive Handbook examines recent developments in international environmental law (IEL) and the crossover effects of this expansion on other areas of international law, such as trade law and the law of the sea. The expert contributors offer analyses of foundational issues in IEL, such as responsibility for environmental damage, sustainable development and the precautionary principle, alongside studies in topical subject areas including marine protection and the law of international watercourses. This Research Handbook offers an in-depth analysis of IEL, both as a field of law in its own right, and as part of the wider system of international law. It gives a comprehensive view of IEL in all its forms and complexity.With thorough examination of specific environmental regimes and compliance mechanisms, this Handbook will be an indispensable resource for legal scholars, students and practitioners alike. Review ‘This book offers a timely contribution in the field of international environmental law. The way it presents the fundamental principles of international environmental law is innovative. For this, the author gains especial credit. She deals with the most fundamental and difficult legal issues in such a pragmatic manner that one will clearly understand the practical difficulties involved in implementing these principles. Readers will particularly benefit from the analytical approach undertaken in this book. They will understand the importance of these principles in the field of international environmental law and, at the same time, realize how difficult it is to find the concrete basis of these principles, which shows the difficulties in the application of these principles in practice. The book is well researched. The arguments are well grounded and consistent. Students, practitioners and those with a general interest in the fundamental principles underlying contemporary international environmental law alike will enjoy reading this book.’ -- International Journal on Minority and Group Rights ‘. . . an impressive volume, the editors have put together a high quality collection. Research Handbook on International Environmental Law ought to be an invaluable reference source for both teachers and students of international environmental law in the years to come.’ -- Web Journal of Current Legal Issues About the Author Edited by Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Chair of Public International Law, Queen Mary University of London, David M. Ong, Nottingham Trent University, UK and Panos Merkouris, Professor, Chair on Interpretation and Dispute Settlement in International Law, University of Groningen, the Netherlands