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Interstitial law-making in public international law : a study of environmental impact assessments / by Viviane Meunier-Rubel.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: International environmental lawPublication details: Boston, Brill | Nijhoff 2022.Description: xxxv, 452 pagesISBN:
  • 9789004467576
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.046 23/eng/20220131 MEU.I
Contents:
Introduction -- Sources and structure of international environmental impact assessment commitment -- The role of EIAs in public international law -- The Vuotos Case Finland - Sweden 1960's - 2019 -- France - Spain Interconnection 1982 - 2015 -- The Upper Mekong Navigation Improvement Project (UMNIP) China - Myanmar - Thailand - Laos 1989 - 2020 -- Conclusion.
Summary: "Environmental Impact Assessment (eia) requirements are quasi-universal. Praised as the core of the international legal response to ensure environmental protection, this procedure is an information tool for better public decision-making, which can contribute to empowering individuals and civic groups. Based on the historical background of the relevant norms and on case studies, Interstitial Law-Making in International Law: A Study of Environmental Impact Assessments verifies whether the role of procedure in secreting substantive law may be fulfilled in the distinctive legal system of public international law, while appraising how eia requirements have been conceived and implemented as regards to encouraging all international actors to behave in an environmentally conscious way, in a world of heterogeneous political regimes"--
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Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Yale Law School, 2018).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-427) and index.

Introduction -- Sources and structure of international environmental impact assessment commitment -- The role of EIAs in public international law -- The Vuotos Case Finland - Sweden 1960's - 2019 -- France - Spain Interconnection 1982 - 2015 -- The Upper Mekong Navigation Improvement Project (UMNIP) China - Myanmar - Thailand - Laos 1989 - 2020 -- Conclusion.

"Environmental Impact Assessment (eia) requirements are quasi-universal. Praised as the core of the international legal response to ensure environmental protection, this procedure is an information tool for better public decision-making, which can contribute to empowering individuals and civic groups. Based on the historical background of the relevant norms and on case studies, Interstitial Law-Making in International Law: A Study of Environmental Impact Assessments verifies whether the role of procedure in secreting substantive law may be fulfilled in the distinctive legal system of public international law, while appraising how eia requirements have been conceived and implemented as regards to encouraging all international actors to behave in an environmentally conscious way, in a world of heterogeneous political regimes"--

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