LAWS666 — International Environmental Law

Table of Contents

UNIT 1/15 — Introduction on Background

UNIT 2/15 — Customary Law as Basis for International Environmental Law?

UNIT 3/15 — Human, Development & Other Rights-based Legal Approaches to Int’l Environmental Law?

UNIT 4/15 — Human Rights Views Differing; ATCA Then, Now Business & Human Rights Approaches Internationally (Customary Law Versus General Principles)

UNIT 5/15 — Private Sector Voluntary Codes & ESG (Market-Orientation & Litigation Safe Harbors)?

UNIT 6/15 — Treaty Interpretation and Treaty Process Approaches to International Environmental Law: Package Deal vs. Framework Convention

UNIT 7/15 — Issues with Markets, Distributive Justice & Agency Problems in International Environmental Law (Hidden Economics & Environmental Justice)

UNIT 8/15 — Trade/Scientific Risk NTBs & Non-State Aspects (GMOs Plus)

UNIT 9/15 — Trade & Environment (WTO & GATT Article XX(b)&(g) Exceptions, On-Going Negotiations)

UNIT 10/15 Implementation & International Monitoring on the Example of Ozone

UNIT 11/15 Climate Change as the Ultimate Test for the Framework Convention Approach

UNIT 12/15 Domestic Implications of International Treaty-Making: The Basel Convention & Hazardous Waste

UNIT 13/15 1973 CITES Convention & Approaches to the Marine Environment: New Science, Old Treaties & Regional Governance

UNIT 14/15 1992 Biodiversity Convention, Sustainability & Indigenous Knowledge

UNIT 15/15 — Enforcement, Natural Resources & Who Decides?

  • Background & Issues
  • Readings & Viewings
  • Problems & Exercises

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