Transboundary pollution : evolving issues of international law and policy / edited by S. Jayakumar ... [et al.] - Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Pub., c2015. - xv, 435 p. ; 24 cm. - NUS centre for international law series .



Introduction -- Part 1: Transboundary pollution: general principles and state responsibility -- Transboundary pollution: principles, policy and practice / Catherine Redgwell -- Transboundary pollution in a global economy: general principles and problems in practice / Simon Tay -- Unpacking the elements of a state responsibility claim for transboundary pollution / Jacqueline Peel -- Part II: Transboundary pollution: problems and prospects -- Pollution of shared freshwater resources in international law / Stephen C McCaffrey -- Enviornmental impact assessment in preventing transboundary river pollution under international law: an analysis / Lan Hua -- State responsibility and transboundary marine pollution / Robert Beckman -- Transboundary pollution from offshore activies : a study of the Montara offshore oil spill / Youna Lyons -- Preventing transboundary nuclear pollution: a post-Fukushima legal perspective / Gunther Handl -- Transboundary air pollution: a tale of two paradigms / Alan Boyle -- Cooperative mechanisms for addressing transboundary pollution -- The principle and duty to cooperate: the case of conventions on transboundary pollution in Europe / Hans Christian Bugge -- Evaluating the (in)effectiveness of ASEAN cooperation against transboundary air pollution / Laode M Syarif -- 'Cant we even share our maps?' : Cooperative and unilateral mechanisms to combat forest fires and transboundary 'haze' in Southeast Asia / Alan Khee-Jin Tan -- Legal redress of transboundary air pollution through environmental cooperation / Nicholas A Robinson.

This important new book provides a comprehensive overview of the international legal principles governing transboundary pollution. In doing so, the experts writing in this book examine the practical applications of the State responsibility doctrine in this context.

9781784715786

2014959496


Transboundary pollution--Law and legislation
Air--Pollution--Law and legislation
Marine pollution--Law and legislation
Air quality management--International cooperation

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