Search results for: “international environmental law”

  • Environmental Policy

    Literature Review on Environmental Policy in Brazil In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Rebecca Neaera Abers offers the following summary about the topic of Environmentalism and Environmental Policy in Brazil: This entry argues that since the origin of […]

  • International Responsibility

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on international responsibility explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. See State responsibility. Resources Further Reading The entry "responsibility, international" in the Parry and Grant […]

  • International Responsibility

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on international responsibility explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. See State responsibility. Resources Further Reading The entry "responsibility, international" in the Parry and Grant […]

  • Law of the Sea

    Law Of The Sea The United States Congress has kept the United NationsÂ’s Law of the Sea Treaty bottled up in committee for 30 years. In 2011, a rush by nations to claim oil rights under the Arctic Sea was quickening debate on treaty accession. United States Senator Lee, cofounder of […]

  • International Humanitarian Law Treaties

    International Humanitarian Law Treaties and Conventions Sources of international humanitarian law The sources are: International Humanitarian Law treaties. International Humanitarian Law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional […]

  • Natural Law

    A typical definition of natural law which overstressed the universality of the concept was provided by Olivecrona (1971: 8): In contradistinction to positive law, 'natural law' generally means a law that has not been posited. Even if it is ascribed to the will of God, it is supposed to […]

  • Environmental Cooperation

    Hierarchical Display of Environmental cooperation International Relations > Cooperation policy > Cooperation policyEnvironment > Environmental policy > Environmental protection Environmental cooperation Concept of Environmental cooperation See the dictionary definition of Environmental […]

  • International Maritime Organisation

    International Maritime Organisation OutlineThe IMO came into existence in 1958 pursuant to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, adopted on 6 March 1948 in Geneva, to establish a specialized agency of the UN for shipping matters. The IMO is also known as the Intergover…

  • International Trade Law

    Outline Following an introductory overview of the principles and structure of international trade law, this entry concentrates on the substantive obligations in the agreements that form part of the World Trade Organization Agreement, including tariff and customs?related matters, […]

  • Comparative Law

    Comparative law may be defined as the study of the similarities and differences between the laws or legal rules of two or more countries, or between two or more legal systems (i.e. the study of legal systems and laws in different countries). It is not a body of rules and principle. It is a […]

  • International Criminal Law

    International Criminal Law International Criminal Law Authority Main source: Duff, Antony, "Theories of Criminal Law", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2008 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . We have focused so […]

  • International Criminal Law

    International Criminal Law International Criminal Law Authority Main source: Duff, Antony, "Theories of Criminal Law", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2008 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . We have focused so […]

  • International Cooperation

    Resources See Also Further Reading Information related to international cooperation in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law(MPEPIL), Germany, United Kingdom

  • Environmental Law

    The Legal History of Environmental Law This section provides an overview of Environmental Law Contents of Environmental Law Contents of this subject matter include: The Nature of Environmental Law What is environmental law? Growth of environmental law The social and legal context […]

  • Environmental Law

    The Legal History of Environmental Law This section provides an overview of Environmental Law Contents of Environmental Law Contents of this subject matter include: The Nature of Environmental Law What is environmental law? Growth of environmental law The social and legal context […]