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International Environmental Law and Economics,9780631218920

International Environmental Law and Economics

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780631218920
ISBN10: 0631218920
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-10-17
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This book integrates important milestone cases with new analyses to provide comprehensive coverage of environmental law and economics.

Author Biography

P. K. Rao is Director of the Centre for Development Research, Princeton, New Jersey. He has taught at the Administrative Staff College of India, Harvard University (Senior Fulbright Scholar), and Rutgers University. Among his recent books are Sustainable Development (Blackwell, 2000), The Economics of Global Climatic Change and The World Trade Organization and the Environment.

Table of Contents

List of Boxes
ix
Preface and Acknowledgments xi
Overview of the Book xiii
Abbreviations xviii
Part I Global Environmental Economics
Sustainability and Sustainable Development
5(42)
Introduction
5(1)
International Public Law, Environment, and Economics
6(10)
Elements of Ecological and Environmental Economics
16(8)
Intergenerational and Intragenerational Welfare
24(8)
Environment and Public Health
32(4)
Summary
36(2)
Appendix: International Environmental Agreements
38(5)
Review Exercises
43(1)
References
44(3)
The Global Environment and International Cooperation
47(45)
Introduction
47(1)
Environmental Externalities
48(5)
Property Rights and Liability Regimes
53(5)
Economic Instruments and Institutions
58(4)
Transaction Cost Economics (TCE)
62(7)
The Economics of Contracts
69(4)
The Economics of Cooperation and Coordination
73(11)
Summary
84(1)
Review Exercises
85(1)
References
86(6)
Economic and Environmental Decision-making
92(37)
Introduction
92(1)
Uncertainty and Incomplete Information
93(6)
The Precautionary Principle (PP)
99(10)
Reconciling Economic and Environmental Criteria
109(3)
Cost-Benefit Analysis and Incommensurability
112(5)
Appraisal and Evaluation Methods
117(4)
Summary
121(1)
Review Exercises
122(1)
References
123(6)
Part II International Environmental Laws
Soft Laws, Treaty Provisions, and the Law
129(42)
Introduction
129(1)
Sources of International Public Law
130(14)
Concepts and Principles of International Environmental Laws
144(7)
Treaty Reservations
151(3)
International Relations Theory and IEL
154(6)
Voluntary Participation and Sovereignty
160(3)
Interface of Domestic and International Laws
163(2)
Summary
165(1)
Review Exercises
166(2)
References
168(3)
Biological Resources and Environmental Laws
171(36)
Introduction
171(1)
Biological Conservation and CITES
172(7)
Biological Diversity and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
179(8)
Fisheries, Marine Life, and the Laws of the Sea
187(9)
Forest Resources
196(7)
Summary
203(1)
Review Exercises
204(1)
References
204(3)
Laws Based on Environmental Phenomena
207(32)
Introduction
207(1)
Greenhouse Gases and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
208(4)
The Kyoto Protocol and Later Developments
212(3)
Ozone Depletion, the Vienna Convention, and the Montreal Protocol
215(2)
Desertification and the UN Convention
217(3)
Hazardous Materials, the Basel Convention, and the Rotterdam Convention
220(7)
Transboundary Water and Air Pollution Agreements and Conventions
227(5)
Summary
232(1)
Review Exercises
233(1)
References
233(6)
Part III Integration and Synthesis
International Economic Laws and Environmental Laws
239(28)
Introduction
239(1)
Global Welfare and Complementarity of Legal Provisions
240(4)
International Economic Law
244(3)
Multilateral Development Finance and Environmental Laws
247(3)
Environmental Responsibility of International Organizations
250(3)
Interface of International Economic and Environmental Laws
253(5)
Modernizing and Reforming the Laws and their Implementation
258(4)
Summary
262(1)
Review Exercises
263(1)
References
264(3)
International Trade and Environmental Laws
267(31)
Introduction
267(1)
Environmental Trade Measures and Experience with CITES
268(2)
Trade Liberalization and Environmental Costs
270(12)
Regional Trade and Environmental Agreements
282(2)
International Trade Laws and Environmental Laws
284(10)
Summary
294(1)
Review Exercises
295(1)
References
295(3)
Compliance, Dispute Resolution, and Governance
298(35)
Introduction
298(1)
Compliance, Monitoring, and Effectiveness
299(5)
Environmental Information
304(6)
Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
310(8)
Economic Incentives and Disincentives
318(2)
Toward Effective International Environmental Law
320(7)
Concluding Observations
327(1)
Review Exercises
328(1)
References
329(4)
Website Addresses 333(4)
Index 337

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