Author : Lakshman D. Guruswamy
Publisher : West Academic Publishing
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 19,73 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Environmental law, International
ISBN :
This Nutshell introduces the relevant concepts of international environmental law, contemplates the socio-scientific evidence confronting lawmakers, and addresses the resulting corpus of substantive law. Expert authors cover international environmental problems such as population, biodiversity, global climate change, ozone depletion, Antarctica, toxic and hazardous substances, land- and vessel-based pollution, transboundary water pollution, desertification, and nuclear damage.