Sustainable development law
Subtitle: principles, practices, and prospects
By: Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger and Ashfaq Khalfan.
Contributors: Khalfan, Ashfaq.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
Subjects: Sustainable development -- Law and legislation.; Environmental law, International.
Description: Drawing on international economic, environemtnal and social law this text provides a long-awaited coherent approach to the study of international sustainable development law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-418) and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins of the sustainable development concept; title: Results of the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development; title: Sustainable development in policy and in law; title: The intersections of international economic, social, and environmental law; title: Principles of international law relating to sustainable development; title: General observations from the survey of principles; title: Case studies of innovative instruments; title: General observations from the case studies; title: Addressing implementation challenges; title: Sustainable international trade, investment, and competition law / with Markus Gehring; title: Sustainable international natural resources law / with Carolyn Deere; title: International human rights and poverty law in sustainable development / with Sumudu Atapattu; title: International health law and sustainable development law / with Maya Prabhu; title: Sustainable international biodiversity law / with Jorge Cabrera Medaglia and Kathryn Garforth; title: Sustainable international climate change law / with Xueman Wang; title: Crosscutting issues in sustainable development law / with Salim Nakhjavani and Maria Leichner Reynal.