International environmental law in a nutshell / Lakshman D. Guruswamy, Nicholas Doman Professor of International Environmental Law, University of Colorado School of Law; Mariah Zebrowski Leach.
"[This book] illuminates the full gamut of international environmental issues, laws and policies challenging the world today. The fifth edition responds to important developments arising subsequent to the fourth edition, relating, inter alia, to sustainable development, climate change, and energy. T...
Uniform Title: | Nutshell series.
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Language: | English |
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St. Paul, MN :
West Academic Publishing,
[2017]
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Edition: | Fifth edition. |
Series: | Nutshell series.
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Physical Description: | lv, 782 pages : map ; 19 cm. |
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International environmental law [Spine title] |
Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Sources and forms of international environmental law
- International environmental law: the historical continuum
- Implementation and compliance
- Population
- Biodiversity
- Global climate change
- Ozone depletion
- Antarctica
- Toxic and hazardous substances
- Land-based pollution
- Pollution by vessels and offshore oil platforms
- Dumping
- Conservation of marine living resources
- Transboundary air pollution
- Transboundary water pollution
- Desertification
- Nuclear damage
- Future of international environmental law (IEL).