Edited by Jorge E. Viñuales, Harold Samuel Professor of Law and Environmental Policy, University of Cambridge

Jorge E. Viñuales is Harold Samuel Professor of Law and Environmental Policy at the University of Cambridge.

Virginie Barral, University of Hertfordshire
Annyssa Bellal, Geneva Call
Louise Doswald Beck, The Graduate Institute
Lawrence Boisson de Chazournes, University of Geneva
Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli, The Graduate Institute
Neil Craik, University of Waterloo
Philippe Cullet, SOAS
Pierre-Marie Dupuy, The Graduate Institute
Jonas Ebbesson, Stockholm University
Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary
Francesco Francioni, University of Siena
Gilles Giacca, Oxford University
Christophe Golay, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Mamadou Hébié, Graduate Institute for International Studies and Development
Marie Jacobsson, University of Lund
Magnus Jesko Langer, The Graduate Institute
Takhmina Karimova, The Graduate Institute
Martina Kunz- Cambridge University
Claire Mahon, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, C.N.R.S.
Makane Moise Mbengue, University of Geneva
Claire Molinari, University of Oxford
Elisa Morgera, University of Edinburgh
Phoebe Okowa, Queen Mary
Riccardo Pavoni, University of Siena
Jacqueline Peel, University of Melbourne
Nicholas Robinson, Pace Law School
Peter Sand, University of Munich
Philippe Sands, University College London
Priscilla Schwartz University of East London
Dinah Shelton, George Washington University
Tim Stephens, University of Sidney
Mara Tignino, University of Geneva
Marie-Louise Tougas C.I.C.R
Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, Judge, International Court of Justice
Christina Voigt, University of Oslo
Margaret Young, University of Melbourne

"Unique among environmental treaties, the Rio Declaration was adopted by all member states within the United Nations as the result of the Rio Conference and, as pointed out in Pierre-Marie Dupuys contribution, the firstand until now the only conference that can be called.the Earth Summit. This factor alone should persuade all those interested in, or professionally involved in the complexities of environmental issues, that that this book is one of the most important and authoritative contributions to environmental research and comment currently available. Certainly it should emerge as an essential acquisition for every environmental lawyers professional library." - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers