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3. Air Pollution Land and Air Pollution and Related Issues In relation to the international law practice and land and air pollution and related issues in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Environment and Other Transnational Scientific Issues About this subject:Minamata [...]...
4. Garbage Disposal Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Clean Air Environmental Law Environmental Policy Pollution...
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8. Wildlife Protection Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Clean Air Environmental Law Environmental Policy Pollution...
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10. Water Pollution Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy...
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12. Desertification Desertification (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Desertification means: transformation of arid and semiarid land into desert, generally due to overgrazing, deforestation, poor irrigation and tilling practices, climate change, or a combination of these factors. Embracing [...]...
13. Environmental Degradation Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy...
14. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy...
15. Erosion Control Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Disaster...
16. Flood Control Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Disaster...
17. Soil Erosion Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Disaster...
18. Drinking Water Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy...
19. Soil Conservation Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy...
20. Water Conservation Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy...
21. Water Supply Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy...
22. Deforestation Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Disaster...
23. Drought Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Disaster...
24. Earthquake Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Disaster...
25. Erosion Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Disaster...
26. Fire Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Disaster...
27. Flood Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Disaster...
28. Seism Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Disaster...
29. Exploitability Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy...
30. Soil Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy...
31. Natural Disaster Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Disaster...
32. Atmosphere and Space conventions ContentsAtmosphere and Space international conventionsAtmosphere and Space multilateral conventionsConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries ... Read more...
33. Resources Inventory Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy...
34. Soil Resources Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy...
35. Water Resources Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy...
36. Ecology Ecology Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Resources See Also Economic Development Social development...
37. Pollution Control Cap-and-trade (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Cap-and-trade means: emissions trading is a market-based approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. A central authority (usually a governmental body) [...]...
38. Environment and Wildlife conventions ContentsEnvironment and Wildlife conventionsConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Environment and Wildlife conventions Agreement ... Read more...
39. Disasters Related Fields Related topics include: International Environmental Law Find this subject in this World legal encyclopedia. Environmental Law Violations Find this subject in this World legal encyclopedia. Pollution Find this subject in this World legal encyclopedia. Environmental Law Find this [...]...
40. National Security Threat Literature Review on Climate Change: National Security Threat In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Ashok Swain offers the following summary about the topic of Climate Change: National Security Threat: Global climatic change is an environmental problem of [...]...
41. Environmental Ethics Contents of Environmental Ethics Contents of this subject matter include: Introduction Theories of Justice Theories of Environmental Justice Theories of Environmental Justice Theories of Ecological Justice Environmental Ethics Relationship of Environmental and Ecological Justice to [...]...
42. International Environmental Policy International Environmental Law, Policy and Implementation Contents of International Environmental Law, Policy and Implementation Contents of this subject matter include: Origins and development of IEL Sources and conceptual framework of IEL Air and atmospheric pollution Biological diversity [...]...
43. Climate Change Climate Change in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): For discussion of issues relating to climate change generally, see information on Nationality, Citizenship and Immigration in this legal [...]...
44. Amendments to the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention Amendments to the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Amendments to the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention: At a meeting in October 2013, the Contracting Parties to the 1996 Protocol to the 1972 Convention on the [...]...
45. Marine Resources Embracing mainstream international law, this section on marine resources explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Resources [...]...
46. Environmental Pollution Land and Air Pollution and Related Issues In relation to the international law practice and land and air pollution and related issues in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Environment and Other Transnational Scientific Issues About this subject:Sustainable [...]...
47. Federal environmental and wildlife protection acts ContentsUS Federal environmental and wildlife protection actsSome environmental protection acts:ConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these ... Read more...
48. Land Pollution Land and Air Pollution and Related Issues In relation to the international law practice and land and air pollution and related issues in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Environment and Other Transnational Scientific Issues About this subject:Climate [...]...
49. Carbon Markets Climate Law and Carbon Markets Contents of Climate Law and Carbon Markets Contents of this subject matter include: The international legal framework for climate change Mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol and the Marrakesh Accord Regional, national and state responses: A) Compliance markets [...]...
50. Meetings of Major Economies Meetings of Major Economies in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In 2009, President Obama announced the inception of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate ("MEF"). see this world [...]...
51. Oil Union Oil Company of California (UNOCAL) Note: there is more information on the Asian/Chinese legal Encyclopedia. Notion of of Union Oil Company of California (UNOCAL): A major petroleum explorer and marketer until 2005 when, after a failed offer by the Chinese National Offshore Oil [...]...
52. Protocol of Amendment to the Kyoto Convention ContentsProtocol of Amendment to the Kyoto Convention -Custom ProceduresAbout the Protocol of Amendment to the International Convention on the Simplification ... Read more...
53. Climate Change Issues Climate Change in 2013 (Continuation) United States views on international law [1] in relation to Climate Change: Our task now is to fashion a new agreement that will be ambitious, effective and durable. And the only way to do that is to make it broadly inclusive, sensitive to the needs [...]...
54. Climate Change Convention Embracing mainstream international law, this section on climate change convention explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "climate change convention" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of [...]...
55. Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution 2 Contents Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution ConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned ... Read more...
56. Maritime conventions ContentsMaritime conventionsConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Maritime conventions 1996 Protocol to the Convention ... Read more...
57. Environmental Trade Measures Environmental Trade Measures and the GATT Policy Negotiations In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Environmental Trade Measures: Trade measures applied by importing or exporting countries in conjunction [...]...
58. Coface Country Risk Coface Country Risk in International Trade Meaning of Coface Country Risk, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): Country risk classification provided by the French company COFACE (Compagnie Française d'Assurance pour le Commerce Extérieur), [...]...
59. River Control Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Disaster...
60. Tradable Permits Tradable Permits one alternative to a pollution tax is a system of tradable pollution permits. In the international negotiations over ... Read more...
61. Environmental Regulations Introduction This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of environmental regulations, with a description of the most significant features of environmental regulations at international level. Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) V. 8, 2017 Masthead, [...]...
62. Clean Ship A tanker that carries refined petroleum products, as contrasted with crude or fuel oils.......
63. Kyoto Protocol Introduction to Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol, international treaty adopted in 1997 that sets concrete targets for developed countries to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, also known as climate change. The Ky_to Protocol is a supplementary treaty to the [...]...
64. Customs Classification Customs Classification and the GATT Policy Negotiations In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Customs Classification: The determination of the appropriate category in which a traded product is classified for [...]...
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66. Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants Contents Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic PollutantsConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in ... Read more...
67. League of Nations conventions Contents League of Nations conventionsConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries League of Nations conventions ... Read more...
68. Customs Conventions ContentsCustoms ConventionsConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Customs Conventions Convention on Temporary Admission 26.6.1990 ... Read more...
69. International Environment, Biodiversity and Climate resources ContentsInternational Environment, Biodiversity and Climate resourcesConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries International Environment, Biodiversity ... Read more...
70. Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources 4 Contents Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources ConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned ... Read more...
71. Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region ContentsConvention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African RegionConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and ... Read more...
72. List of Environmental Law e-Journals ContentsList of Environmental Law e-JournalsSee AlsoConclusionNotesReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries List of Environmental Law ... Read more...
73. Clean Credit A letter of credit (read this and related legal terms for further details) against which the beneficiary may draw without supplying documents.......
74. Clean Float The condition in which the values of national currencies vis-a-vis each other are determined by market forces without government intervention to maintain prearranged rates of exchange.......
75. Clean Bill of Lading Clean Bill of Lading in International Trade Meaning of Clean Bill of Lading, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): A bill of lading indicating that goods were received in apparent good order and condition. A clean bill is one in which contains no notations of [...]...
76. Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter ContentsConvention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other MatterConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s ... Read more...
77. Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine ContentsConvention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the MarineConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in ... Read more...
78. Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine 3 Contents Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine ConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and ... Read more...
79. Filing Company An insurance company that issues a front policy, i.e., issues a policy but retains little or none of the risk exposure, reinsuring it with another carrier.......
80. Constitutional Environmental Rights Literature Review on (Environmental Policy) Constitutional Environmental Rights In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Erin Daly and James R. May provide the following summary about the topic of (Environmental Policy) Constitutional Environmental Rights: [...]...
81. Actions on Climate Change U.S. Action on Climate Change in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to U.S. Action on Climate Change: (1) U.S. Climate Action Plan On June 25, 2013, President Obama announced the U.S. Climate Action Plan. See White House Fact Sheet, available at (President's [...]...
82. Green Climate Fund Green Climate Fund in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Green Climate Fund: At COP-19, the Parties to the FCCC took several steps toward full operation of the Green Climate Fund ("GCF"), a financial mechanism to support projects and programs in [...]...
83. Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change ContentsKyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate ChangeConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Kyoto ... Read more...
84. Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change 2 ContentsKyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate ChangeConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Kyoto ... Read more...
85. Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change 4 ContentsKyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate ChangeConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Kyoto ... Read more...
86. Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change 5 ContentsKyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate ChangeConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Kyoto ... Read more...
87. Litigation towards Regulating Climate Change ContentsCivil Litigation for Regulating Climate ChangeCivil Litigation as a Tool for Regulating Climate Change Civil climate changeUsing Tort Litigation ClimateChange ... Read more...
88. Un Framework Convention on Climate Change United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: Conference of the Parties in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The United States participated in the Seventeenth Session of the Conference of the [...]...
89. Aviation Impacts on Climate Change Addressing Aviation Impacts on Climate Change in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Addressing Aviation Impacts on Climate Change: For background on U.S. efforts to arrive at a multilateral approach to addressing aviation's impact on climate change and to [...]...
90. Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change 3 ContentsKyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate ChangeConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Kyoto ... Read more...
91. Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change 6 ContentsKyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate ChangeConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/s Kyoto Protocol to the ... Read more...
92. Climatic Influence Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Climate...
93. Climatic Zones Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Climate...
94. Climatology Resources See Also International Environmental Law Environmental Law Violations Pollution Environmental Law Environmental Policy Climate...
95. Clean Air Act ContentsClean Air ActConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Clean Air Act The US Clean ... Read more...
96. Clean Water ContentsClean WaterSafe Drinking Water and SanitationUN Special Rapporteur on the human right to Safe Drinking Water and SanitationUnited States Clean ... Read more...
97. Convention on the (INMARSAT) 3 ContentsConvention on the (INMARSAT)ConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/s Convention on the (INMARSAT)     Article 15. ... Read more...
98. Classic books with the word Law in the title ContentsClassic books with the word Law in the titleConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries ... Read more...
99. Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity ContentsCartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity Title of Treaty About the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to ... Read more...
100. CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) The US Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) addresses the problem of abandoned hazardous waste [...]...
101. Client relations and ethics ContentsLawyer’s ethics and client relationsMalpractice and ethics basicsConflicts of interest and related mattersConfidentialityFees, retention and dischargeOther client-relations mattersFurther reading:ConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences ... Read more...
102. Collection categories and entries Collection categories and entries ContentsConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Conclusion Notes See Also ... Read more...
103. Classification of Law Materials ContentsClassification of Law MaterialsGeneral Genre/formResourcesNotesSee AlsoFurther ReadingMentioned in these Entries Classification of Law Materials General Genre/form The Library of Congress ... Read more...
104. Classification schemes in the UK ContentsClassification schemes in the UKReferencesSee AlsoConclusionNotesReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Classification schemes in the ... Read more...
105. Classification for Law Libraries ContentsClassification for Law LibrariesMoys ClassificationConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Classification for Law Libraries ... Read more...
106. Classification of Law ContentsClassifying LawLegal SystemsJurisdictionsCategories of LawPublic and Private LawInternational versus Domestic LawAdministrative and Public LawBankruptcy / Debtor / Creditor LawBusiness and ... Read more...
107. Classification Summary of Classification The process of determining which product category of the tariff schedules applies to a given imported item. There are more than 7,300 categories in the tariff schedules of the UNITED STATES (read this and related legal terms for further details) and, with very few [...]...
108. Clean Acceptance A formal acknowledgment by a principal in negotiations for the charter of a vessel that he accepts the offer submitted to him, without further modification, and that he binds himself to execute the charter PARTY (read this a......
109. Clean Bill of Exchange Any bill of exchange (read here for further details) not accompanied by documents, such as invoices, bills of lading, et cetera. See direct collection.......
110. Clean Charter An imprecise expression used to describe a CHARTER PARTY (read this and related legal terms for further details) that does not include onerous or unusual provisions.......
111. Clean Letter of Credit Synonymous with CLEAN CREDIT.......
112. Clean Product Carrier A tank vessel that transports only refined petroleum products, such as gasoline or kerosene, as contrasted with a ship which carries crude petroleum.......
113. Clean Report of Findings A document issued by a recognized inspection agency certifying that certain merchandise has been examined and found to be in order. This document may be required by a letter of credit or stipulated by the exchange control authorities of certain governments. The object of the report is to ensure [...]...
114. Clean Rice A cargo of rice from which the husks have been removed.......
115. Clearance Papers A document issued to a ship's captain stating that the vessel is in compliance with local regulations (e.g., payment of harbor fees and compliance with health regulations) and is permitted to dear, i.e., leave, the port.......
116. Clearing Summary of Clearing An arrangement by which two firms in different countries agree to purchase goods from each other over a specific period of time, thereby balancing out obligations to each other. Clearing is not synonymous with barter, which implies a simultaneous or near simultaneous [...]...
117. Clearinghouse Funds Funds transferred among New York banks with availability at the commencement of the next business day.......
118. Classical Criminology Development of Criminology: Classical CriminologyIntroduction to Classical CriminologyThe issues of crime and punishment have aroused interest and discussion since ancient times. Scriptures dating from the 10th century bc prohibit certain acts and provide consequences for those who......
119. Classification of Crimes Criminal Law: Classification of Crimes Introduction to Classification of Crimes Crimes are classified in many different ways: common law crimes versus statutory crimes, and crimes that are mala in se (evil in themselves) versus those that are mala prohibita (criminal only because the law says [...]...
120. Classical Legal Theory The Legal History of Classical Legal TheoryThis section provides an overview of Classical Legal Theory ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Classical Legal Theory in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford [...]...