The Precautionary Principle in the Law of the Sea: Modern Decision Making in International Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-411-2015-1
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 256 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Publications on Ocean Developm

The content and status of the precautionary principle remains highly debated and various questions arise, such as its status as a rule of customary international law, including its scope, addressee, triggering threshold, precautionary action measures, and eventually limits of the principle. Thus, this book examines the present state of affairs regarding the implementation of the principle in the law of the sea in different sectors, e.g. pollution of the marine environment, conservation and management of living marine resources, and transboundary transports of radioactive and hazardous wastes. In addition, it extracts evidence of its acceptance as part of customary international law, and indicates that below this level there is also an emerging practice of international law of applying the precautionary principle in a common way.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marr, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Währungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht Handelsrecht, HGB, Handelsvertreter- und -maklerrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Marr is an international lawyer working at Ecologic, Institute for International and European Environmental Policy. His work focuses on providing legal advice on issues of international and European law, including aspects of climate change as well as other fields of environmental protection.