This wide-ranging and comprehensive Handbook examines recent developments in international environmental law (IEL) and the crossover effects of this expansion on other areas of international law, such as trade law and the law of the sea.

Contents: Preface Panos Merkouris PART I: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AS A SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 1. Actors and Law-making in International Environmental Law Mark A. Drumbl 2. International Framework for Environmental Decision-making Geir Ulfstein PART II: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 3. Sustainable Development Duncan French 4. Environment and Development: Friends or Foes in the 21st Century? Paolo Galizzi and Alena Herklotz 5. Implementing Intergenerational Equity Edith Brown Weiss 6. An Introduction to Ethical Considerations in International Environmental Law Alexander Gillespie 7. The World Bank and Sustainable Development David Freestone 8. Common but Differentiated Responsibilities Philippe Cullet 9. The Principles of Prevention and Precaution in International Law: Two Heads of the Same Coin? Nicolas de Sadeleer PART III: SUBSTANTIVE PRINCIPLES 10. The Precautionary Principle Minna Pyhälä, Anne Christine Brusendorff and Hanna Paulomäki 11. Environmental Impact Assessment Olufemi Elias 12. The Polluter-Pays Principle Priscilla Schwartz PART IV: HUMAN RIGHTS TO A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT 13. Human Rights and the Environment: Substantive Rights Dinah Shelton 14. Human Rights to a Clean Environment: Procedural Rights Jona Razzaque PART V: RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM 15. Responsibility for Environmental Damage Phoebe Okowa 16. International Liability for Damage to the Environment Louise Angélique de La Fayette 17. Corporate Liability for Environmental Harm Amanda Perry-Kessaris PART VI: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND COMPLIANCE 18. Settlement of International Environmental Law Disputes Natalie Klein 19. Environmental Disputes in the WTO Joanna Gomula 20. Compliance Procedures and Mechanisms Gerhard Loibl 21. International Legal Efforts to Address Human-Induced Global Climate Change David M. Ong 22. Filling The Holes: The Montreal Protocol’s Non-Compliance Mechanism Feja Lesniewska PART VII: BIODIVERSITY 23. Environmental Protection and the Concept of Common Concern of Mankind Michael Bowman 24. International Environmental Law Governing Threats to Biological Diversity David M. Ong 25. Fisheries and Marine Biodiversity Richard Barnes PART VIII: SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGIMES 26. The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and Marine Environmental Protection David M. Ong 27. Environmental Protection in Armed Conflict Karen Hulme 28. The Relationship between the Law of International Watercourses and Sustainable Development Malgosia Fitzmaurice 29. International Chemicals and Waste Management Katharina Kummer Peiry 30. Drilling at the Poles: Environmental Protection in the Antarctic and the Arctic Karen N. Scott Index

‘This book offers a timely contribution in the field of international environmental law. The way it presents the fundamental principles of international environmental law is innovative. For this, the author gains especial credit. She deals with the most fundamental and difficult legal issues in such a pragmatic manner that one will clearly understand the practical difficulties involved in implementing these principles. Readers will particularly benefit from the analytical approach undertaken in this book. They will understand the importance of these principles in the field of international environmental law and, at the same time, realize how difficult it is to find the concrete basis of these principles, which shows the difficulties in the application of these principles in practice. The book is well researched. The arguments are well grounded and consistent. Students, practitioners and those with a general interest in the fundamental principles underlying contemporary international environmental law alike will enjoy reading this book.’