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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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  • Table of Figures; Abbreviations; PART ONE INTRODUCTION; 1. The Oracle of Delphi and the Precautionary Principle; PART TWO DEFINITION; 2. Apollo's Tripod: Defining Rights and Duties under the Precautionary Principle; 3. First Leg of the Tripod: Threat of Environmental Harm; 4. Second Leg of the Tripod: Uncertainty; 5. Third Leg of the Tripod: Action 121 5.1. Action; 6. Assembling the Tripod: Synthesis; PART THREE IMPLEMENTATION; 7. Precautionary Measures; 8. The Precautionary Principle and the Burden of Proof; 9. The Precautionary Principle and Socio-Economic Interests; PART FOUR CONCLUSIONS.