Science and risk regulation in international law /

The regulation of risk is a preoccupation of contemporary global society and an increasingly important part of international law in areas ranging from environmental protection to international trade. This book examines a key aspect of international risk regulation - the way in which science and tech...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peel, Jacqueline
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Colección:Cambridge studies in international and comparative law.
Temas:
Risk management > Law and legislation.
Science and law.
International law.
Sciences et droit.
LAW > Environmental.
Wissenschaft
Risikomanagement
Völkerrecht
Risicobeheersing.
Wetenschap.
Internationaal recht.
Scientific research.
Risk assessment.
Governance.
Public international law.
Genetically modified organisms.
Environmental protection.
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Cartagena, 29 January 2000)
World Trade Organization.
Sanitary and phytosanitary measures.
International trade.
Food safety.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : science and risk regulation in international law
  • Global risk governance and its legitimacy
  • Scientific rationality and risk in international law
  • Competing risk regulatory paradigms : sound science and the precautionary principle
  • Science and WTO regulation of SPS risk
  • Case studies of science and risk regulation in international law
  • Democratising global risk governance
  • What role for science in international risk regulation?

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