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Book SynopsisTransboundary Pollution: Evolving Issues of International Law and Policy provides a comprehensive and perceptive overview of the legal principles that govern pollution internationally and explores the utilization of these principles in practice.
Legal principles regarding State responsibility for transboundary pollution are well settled in international law. At issue is how these principles are applied and what mechanisms are developed to regulate specific types of transboundary pollution, including pollution of the marine environment and shared water resources, nuclear pollution and air pollution.
Expert contributors come together in this book to discuss all major aspects of transboundary pollution and the practical application of the State responsibility doctrine. Empirical studies of European, Asian and Southeast Asian countries demonstrate regional perspectives of how international law and policy governing transboundary pollution translates into practice.
Academics, students and practitioners alike will benefit from the perceptive and discerning insight the book presents into this important issue within international law, environmental law and public policy.
Contributors: R. Beckman, A. Boyle, H.C. Bugge, G. Handl, L. Hua, S. Jayakumar, T. Koh, Y. Lyons, S.C. McCaffrey, J. Peel, H.D. Phan, C. Redgwell, N.A. Robinson, L.M. Syarif, A.K-.J.Tan, S. Tay
Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction S. Jayakumar, Tommy Koh, Robert Beckman and Hao Duy Phan PART I TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND STATE RESPONSIBILITY 1. Transboundary Pollution: Principles, Policy and Practice Catherine Redgwell 2. Transboundary Pollution in a Global Economy: General Principles and Problems in Practice Simon Tay 3. Unpacking the Elements of State Responsibility Claims for Transboundary Pollution, Jacqueline Peel PART II TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS 4. Pollution of Shared Freshwater Resources in International Law Stephen C. McCaffrey 5. Environmental Impact Assessment in Preventing Transboundary River Pollution under International Law: An Analysis Lan Hua 6. State Responsibility and Transboundary Marine Pollution Robert Beckman 7. Transboundary Pollution from Offshore Activities: A Study of the Montara Offshore Oil Spill Youna Lyons 8. Preventing Transboundary Nuclear Pollution: A Post-Fukushima Legal Perspective Günther Handl 9. Transboundary Air Pollution: A Tale of Two Paradigms Alan Boyle PART III: COOPERATIVE MECHANISMS FOR ADDRESSING TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION 10. The Principle and Duty to Cooperate: The Case of Conventions on Transboundary Pollution in Europe Hans Christian Bugge 11. Evaluating the (In)effectiveness of ASEAN Cooperation against Transboundary Air Pollution Laode M Syarif 12. ‘Can’t We Even Share Maps?’: Cooperative and Unilateral Mechanisms to Combat Forest Fires and Transboundary “Haze” in Southeast Asia Alan Khee-Jin Tan 13. Legal Redress of Transboundary Air Pollution through Environmental Cooperation Nicholas A Robinson Index
