Foster, Caroline E.,

Science and the precautionary principle in international courts and tribunals : expert evidence, burden of proof and finality / Caroline E. Foster. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xxiii, 375 p. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-364) and index.

Co-operation between disputing parties -- Methods for taking expert evidence in scientific disputes -- The role of adjudicators and the role of experts -- Getting to the heart of the rules on burden of proof -- Reversing the burden of proof to give effect to the precautionary principle -- Finality, revision and nullity in scientific cases -- Reassessment proceedings and res judicata.

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Environmental law, International.
International courts.
Evidence (Law)
Precautionary principle.

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