International Environmental Disputes: A Reference Handbook

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Author: Aaron Schwabach

ISBN-10: 1851097732

ISBN-13: 9781851097739

Category: Environmental Law - General & Miscellaneous

This book offers an intensive investigation of past and present achievements and failures in international environmental law.

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This book offers an intensive investigation of past and present achievements and failures in international environmental law.

Preface and Acknowledgments1International Environmental Law in Context1Sources of International Law4Before 194181941: The Trail Smelter Arbitration141941-1972: From the Trail Smelter Arbitration to the Stockholm Declaration161972: The Stockholm Declaration191972-Present: After Stockholm20The Role of the United Nations and Its Specialized Agencies24Fundamental Concepts in International Environmental Law27Rule-Making, Enforcement, and Dispute Resolution27The "North-South" Conflict: The Underlying Tension between Environment and Development31Sustainable Development and Related Concepts33Philosophical Approaches to International Environmental Law37Summary38Sources and Further Reading39Books and Articles39Treaties and Other International Agreements43Other International Materials452Problems, Controversies, and Solutions49The Classic Model of International Dispute Resolution: The Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dispute51Other International Environmental Problems in Central and Eastern Europe: The Tisza Cyanide Spill60Agricultural Policy and Foreign Trade: Irreconcilable Differences?62Antarctica: A Successful Mature Treaty Regime68Atmospheric Pollution: Two Qualified Successes and One Partial Failure70Transboundary Air Pollution70Ozone Depletion71Climate Change73Biodiversity and Biopiracy79Other Areas of Dispute85Disposal of Toxic and Hazardous Substances on Land86Fresh Water88The Ocean89Space91Summary93Sources and Further Reading94Books and Articles94Treaties and Other International Agreements99Other International Materials1023Special Issues for the United States105International Law in U.S. Practice106Treaties106Custom107Foreign Law in U.S. Courts109Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Environmental Laws110The Comprehensive Environmental Resource Control and Liability Act (CERCLA)114The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)115The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)116The Environment and Trade: The Case of the Everglades118The Environment and War121Pancevo122Depleted Uranium125Is a Fifth Geneva Convention Needed?127Summary127Sources and Further Reading128Books and Articles128Cases, Statutes, and Other U.S. Legal Materials131Treaties and Related Documents132Other International Materials133Other U.S. Materials1334Chronology1355Biographical Sketches157Tom Beanal (1947-)158Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939-)161Akiko Domoto (1932-)163Bjorn Lomborg (1965-)165Vera Mischenko (1953-)168Harrison Ngau Laing170Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995)172Marina Silva (1958-)176Janos Vargha (1949-) and Duna Kor178Sources and Further Reading1806Treaties, Cases, Reports, and Other Documents185Sources of International Law185Statute of the International Court of Justice, Articles 38 and 59185The Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, [section section]102-03186Treaties190Antarctic Treaty190Antarctic Treaty Environmental Protection Protocol192Basel and Bamako Conventions193ENMOD200Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-operation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution201Law of the Sea Convention203Outer Space Treaty209Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949210Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions of 1949211Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court212International Courts and Tribunals214Corfu Channel Case214Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Case215Trail Smelter Arbitration220Final Report of the Office of the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia Regarding Possible NATO War Crimes221Other International Materials226Bogota Declaration226Rio Declaration231Stockholm Declaration236U.S. Cases237Beanal v. Freeport-McMoRan237Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Massey2427Directory of Organizations, Associations, and Agencies251Intergovernmental Organizations252Treaty Secretariats262Nongovernmental Organizations2678Selected Print and Nonprint Resources273Books (General)274Books (Reference and Directories)279Journals281Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles and Occasional Papers302Treaties and Other International Agreements308Other International Materials312U.S. Materials314Cases314Statutes and Other Materials315Web Resources316Index319About the Author341