The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law

Edited by Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée, and Ellen Hey

Oxford Handbooks

Provides an authoritative overview of major developments in international environmental law, and the field's core assumptions and concepts, basic analytical tools, and key challenges
Examines international environmental law from a broader policy and theoretical perspective, drawing on insights from other disciplines such as political science, economics, and philosophy
Features original, accessible, and agenda-setting essays by leading academics and practitioners

The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law

Edited by Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée, and Ellen Hey

Description

The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law takes stock of the major developments in international environmental law, while exploring the field's core assumptions and concepts, basic analytical tools, and key challenges. It is intended to serve as an authoritative and indispensable overview of the field.

Although the handbook focuses on international environmental law, it also examines the subject from a broader policy and theoretical perspective, drawing on insights from other disciplines such as political science, economics, and philosophy. It aims to strike a balance between practical preoccupations and critical or theoretical reflection. Each chapter examines an issue that is central to current scholarly debates or policy development. At the same time, The Handbook is structured as a whole to provide readers with both a 'bigger picture' of international environmental law and a more in-depth understanding of its preoccupations. This approach is particularly important at a time in the development of international environmental law when its fragmentation into increasingly specialized sub-fields obscures unifying themes and cross-cutting challenges.

The Handbook consists of 47 chapters in seven parts. Part I sets the stage for the Handbook, identifying overarching issues. Part II offers readers a range of theoretical lenses through which to analyze both the problems facing international environmental law and the solutions it may offer. Part III reviews the treatment of basic issues areas. Part IV analyzes the process of normative development in international environmental law. Part V will assess key theoretical concepts. Part VI examines the roles of various actors and institutions. And Part VII analyzes issues of implementation and enforcement.

The Oxford Handbooks Series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and state-of-the-art survey of current thinking and research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading international figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences.

The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law

Edited by Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée, and Ellen Hey

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1. Introduction, Dan Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée, Ellen Hey
Part I General Issues
2. Evolution of International Environmental Law, Peter Sand
3. Paradigms and Discourses, John Dryzek
4. General Norms vs. Specialized Regimes, Benedict Kingsbury
5. Subsidiarity/Federalism, Jeffrey Dunoff
6. Formality vs. Informality, Stephen Toope
7. Intersection with Other Areas of International Law, Alan Boyle
8. Instrument Choice, Richard Stewart
9. Science and Technology, Steinar Andresen, Tora Skodvin
Part II: Analytical Tools and Perspectives
10. International Relations Theory, Kyle Danish
11. Environmental Economics, Scott Barrett
12. Critical Approaches, Karin Mickelson
13. Environmental Ethics, Christopher Stone
Part III: Basic Issues Areas
14. Atmosphere and Outer Space, Ian Rowlands
15. Oceans and Freshwater Resources, David Freestone
16. Biological Resources, Rosemary Rayfuse
17. Hazardous Substances and Activities, David Wirth
Part IV: Normative Development
18. Types of Standards: Principles, Objectives and Commitments, Ulrich Beyerlin
19. Formation of Customary International Law and General Principles, Pierre-Marie Dupuy
20. Treaty-Making and -Evolution, Thomas Gehring
21. Normative Development by Public International Forums, Ellen Hey
22. Private and Quasi-Private Standard-Setting, Naomi Roht-Arriaza & Jason Morrison
Part V: Key Concepts
23. Transboundary Impacts, Günther Handl
24. Common Areas/Common Heritage/Common Concern, Jutta Brunnée
25. Ecosystems, Dan Tarlock
26. Precaution, Jonathan Wiener
27. Sustainable Development, Daniel Magraw
28. Equity, Dinah Shelton
29. Environmental Rights, J.G. Merrills
30. Public Participation, Jonas Ebbesson
31. Legitimacy, Daniel Bodansky
Part VI: Actors and Institutions
32. Changing Role of the State, Thilo Marauhn
33. NGOs and Civil Society, Peter Spiro
34. Epistemic Communities, Peter Haas
35. Business, Steven Ratner
36. Indigenous Peoples, Russell Barsh
37. Regional Economic Integration Organizations, Ludwig Krämer
38. Treaty Bodies, Geir Ulfstein
Part VII: Implementation and Enforcement
39. Compliance Theory, Ron Mitchell
40. National Implementation, Catherine Redgwell
41. Financial and technological transfers, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
42. Monitoring and Verification, Jorgen Wettestad
43. Compliance Procedures, Jan Klabbers
44. International Responsibility and Liability, Malgosia Fitzmaurice
45. International Dispute Settlement, Cesare Romano
46. Conclusions, Dan Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée, Ellen Hey

The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law

Edited by Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée, and Ellen Hey

Oxford Handbooks

Author Information

Jutta Brunnée is Professor of Law and holder of the Metcalf chair in Environmental Law at the University of Toronto. Her teaching and research areas are in Public International Law and International Environmental Law.

Daniel Bodansky is Woodruff Professor of International Law, School of Law, University of Georgia

Ellen Hey is Professor of Law and Deputy Director, GLODIS Institute, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Contributors:

Dan Bodansky
Jutta Brunnée
Ellen Hey
Peter Sand
John Dryzek
Benedict Kingsbury
Jeffrey Dunoff
Stephen Toope
Alan Boyle
Richard Stewart
Steinar Andresen
Tora Skodvin
Kyle Danish
Scott Barrett
Karin Mickelson
Christopher Stone
Ian Rowlands
David Freestone
Salman M.A. Salman
Rosemary Rayfuse
David Wirth
Ulrich Beyerlin
Pierre-Marie Dupuy
Thomas Gehring
Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Jason Morrison
Günther Handl
Dan Tarlock
Jonathan Wiener
Daniel Magraw
Dinah Shelton
J.G. Merrills
Jonas Ebbesson
Thilo Marauhn
Peter Spiro
Peter Haas
Steven Ratner
Russell Barsh
Ludwig Krämer
Geir Ulfstein
Ron Mitchell
Catherine Redgwell
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
Jorgen Wettestad
Jan Klabbers
Malgosia Fitzmaurice
Cesare Romano
Lisa D. Hawke