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International Law and Pollution /

The topic of the essays in this book, the threat posed to our environment by various sources and types of pollution, is a matter of serious and growing concern. The contributors are leading international experts from a variety of legal systems and backgrounds and include Andronico Adede, Ian Brownli...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Adede, Andronico O. (Contribuidor), Barstow Magraw, Daniel (Contribuidor), Brownlie, Ian (Contribuidor), Dupuy, Pierre-Marie (Contribuidor), Galloway, James N. (Contribuidor), Glasgow, Ross (Contribuidor), Goldie, L. F. E. (Contribuidor), Hajost, Scott A. (Contribuidor), Handl, Günther (Contribuidor), Lammers, Johan G. (Contribuidor), Lee, Edward G. (Contribuidor), Magraw, Daniel Barstow (Editor ), McCaffrey, Stephen C. (Contribuidor), Nitze, William A. (Contribuidor), Szasz, Paul C. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Edición:Reprint 2016
Colección:Anniversary Collection
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I: International Law and Pollution: An Overview
  • 1. International Law and Pollution
  • 2. International Pollution, Economic Development, and Human Rights
  • 3. Overview of the Existing Customary Legal Regime Regarding International Pollution
  • 4. International Liability and International Watercourses: The Work of the International Law Commission Relating to International Pollution
  • 5. State Responsibility and International Pollution: A Practical Perspective
  • Part II: Pollution from Nuclear Accidents
  • 6. Overview of Legal and Technical Aspects of Nuclear Accident Pollution
  • 7. Paying the Piper for Transboundary Nuclear Damage: State Liability in a System of Transnational Compensation
  • 8. Measuring Liability for Damage Due to Radioactivity
  • 9. Pollution from Nuclear Accidents
  • Part III. Acid Deposition: Regional and Bilateral Approaches
  • 10. Acid Deposition: Policies, Politics, and Practicalities
  • 11. Introduction to the Scientific Aspects of Acid Deposition
  • 12. The European Approach to Acid Rain
  • 13. Acid Rain: A Canadian Policy Perspective
  • 14. International Law and the Canada-United States Acid Rain Dispute
  • 15. Acid Rain: A United States Policy Perspective
  • 16. International Legal Implications of United States Policy on Acid Deposition
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Backmatter