The Precautionary principle and international law the challenge of implementation

• Autor: David Freestone; Ellen Hey
• Assuntos: Science and law; Technology and law; International law -- Methodology; Risk management; Environmental policy; Sciences et droit; Technologie et droit; Droit international -- Méthodologie; Gestion du risque; Environnement -- Politique gouvernementale; PROTEÇÃO AMBIENTAL; POLÍTICA AMBIENTAL (PREVENÇÃO E CONTROLE); ADMINISTRAÇÃO DE RISCO AMBIENTAL; METODOLOGIA CIENTÍFICA
• Notas: Includes bibliographical references and index
  
• Descrição: Origings and development of the precautionary principle / The legal challenges of the precautionary principle -- The rights and interests of future generations and the precautionary principle / The status of the precautionary principle in international law / State responsibility and the precautionary principle / "What you risk reveals what you value", and other dilemmas encountered in the legal assaults on risks /
  The wider context of implementing the precautionary principle -- The relationship between policy, science, technology, economics and law in the implementation of the precautionary principle / Integrating precautionary scientific methods into decision-making / The economics of taking care: an evaluation of the precautionary principle /
  Some legal and institutional aspects of implementing the precautionary principle -- The precautionary approach in international human rights law: how it can benefit the environment / EC environmental policy - a pre-cautionary tale? / The impact of scientific uncertainty on environmental law and policy in the United States / Glocalization: the precautionary principle and public participation, with special reference to the UN framework convention on climate change / Implementing the precautionary principle: challenges and opportunities /
  
• Títulos relacionados: Série:International environmental law and policy series v. 31
• Editor: The Hague Boston Kluwer Law International
  
• Data de criação/publicação: c1996
  
• Formato: xv, 274 p ill., map 25 cm.
  
• Idioma: Inglês