Title: International law and sustainable development : past achievements and future challenges /
Authors: Boyle, Alan E.; Freestone, David
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Sustainable development Law and legislation; Environmental law, International.
Abstract: Written by judges of the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and other leading experts, this collection of essays deals with the most recent developments in international environmental law since 1992.
Contents: Introduction / Alan Boyle and David Freestone -- Sustainable development and unsustainable arguments / Vaughan Lowe -- Sustainable development: treaty, custom, and the cross-fertilization of international law / Philippe Sands -- Codification of international environmental law and the International Law Commission: injurious consequences revisited / Alan Boyle -- Natural resources in the case law of the International Court / Rosalyn Higgins -- The development of the legal regime of high seas fisheries / Dolliver Nelson -- International fisheries law since Rio: the continued rise of the precautionary principle / David Freestone -- Towards long-term sustainable use: some recent developments in the legal regime of fisheries / William Edeson -- Protection of ecosystems under international law: lessons from Antarctica / Catherine Redgwell -- Sustaining small cetaceans: a preliminary evaluation of the Ascobans and Accobams Agreements / Robin Churchill -- The settlement of disputes according to the Straddling Stocks Agreement of 1995 / Tullio Treves -- The Law of the Sea Convention and Agenda 21: marine environmental implications / Alexander Yankov -- The international legal regime for the protection and preservation of the marine environment from land-based sources of pollution / Thomas A. Mensah -- Port states and environmental protection / David Anderson -- Liability for damage to the marine environment / Magnus Goransson -- The challenge of implementation: some concluding notes / David Freestone.