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Precautionary rights and duties of states /

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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trouwborst, Arie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, ©2006.
Colección:Nova et vetera iuris gentium ; no. 25.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789047418276
9047418271
ISSN:1871-6725 ;