Do we owe duties to future generations? Do animals have rights and should nature be respected for its own sake or only as a resource for human use? These questions and others are explored in this book
Beidgbeder was legal secretary to the French judge during the Nuremberg Tribunals in 1946 and has worked since then in international organizations. He looks at the June 1998 United Nations establishme
Derived from a 1998 conference held at the U. of Birmingham, these nine essays focus on proportionality related to the principle of respect for fundamental rights originating in continental European l
The human right to survive and develop, a fundamental premise of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, can be attained only if adequate living conditions are secured for the child. In this b
In this volume, one of Japan's leading international lawyers extensively examines the relationship between his country's domestic rules and regulations and the numerous international treaties and conv
Coastal State Jurisdiction over Vessel-Source Pollution deals with prescriptive and enforcement jurisdiction in international law aimed at preventing, reducing and controlling pollution of the marine
This ambitious study brings together for the first time a series of original essays on the ethics of secession. A host of leading figures explore key issues in this important debate, including, what
The creation of the European Community ranks among the most extraordinary achievements in modern world politics. Observers disagree, however, about the reasons why European governments have chosen to
The creation of the European Community ranks among the most extraordinary achievements in modern world politics. Observers disagree, however, about the reasons why European governments have chosen to
In This Book, Ellen Vos analyses the emergence of EC product safety regulation, which is explained as a reaction both to spill-over effects of the internal market policy, and to growing societal conce
This volume consists of a carefully edited version of the General Course on Public International Law delivered at the Hague Academy of International Law to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the
Examines the perspectives of the disputants themselves to explain why they seem more satisfied with the status quo on the partitioned eastern Mediterranean island than with the types of resolution tha
The UN peacemaking operation in Cyprus has been one of the longest of its kind, but has resulted in discarded proposals, non-papers or reports. This study investigates the Cypriot parties' views of pe