Advanced Introduction to International Environmental Law (Elgar Advanced Introductions series) - Softcover

Hey, Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781954577 ISBN 13: 9781781954577

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars.

This accessible and concise introduction provides a salient overview of contemporary international environmental law as well as a critical assessment of the controversies that arise when trying to achieve environmental protection through international law.

Covering the origins, content, institutional structure and accountability mechanisms of international environmental law, in their social-economic and political context, Ellen Hey discusses substantive and procedural fairness, thus exploring questions of distributive justice, accountability and legitimacy. Providing an invaluable entry point to this complex area of the law, this book enables a rapid understanding of the core principles of this multi-faceted topic.

Key features include:

• Concise and compact overview
• Discusses contemporary developments
• Examines IEL's relationship to other areas of international law
• Considers the social-economic context.

About this title

About the Author

Ellen Hey, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781954577
• ISBN 13: 9781781954577
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200