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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145553103321

Autore

McIntyre Owen

Titolo

Environmental protection of international watercourses under international law / / Owen McIntyre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-315-58004-7

1-317-14221-7

1-317-14220-9

1-281-09968-6

9786611099688

9780754684922

0-7546-8492-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (447 p.)

Disciplina

344.04/6343

Soggetti

International rivers

Water rights (International law)

Water - Pollution - Law and legislation

Water resources development - Law and legislation

Liability for water pollution damages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-411) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; International Conventions; Decisions of Judicial and Arbitral Tribunals; 1 Introduction; 2 Problems, Principles and Terminology; 3 The Principle of Equitable Utilization; 4 The Rule on Prevention of Significant Harm; 5 Equity and the Utilization of Shared Natural Resources; 6 Factors Relating to the Equitable Utilization of International Watercourses; 7 Environmental Protection of International Watercourses I: Substantive Rules of Customary and General International Law

8 Environmental Protection of International Watercourses II: Procedural Rules of Customary and General International Law9 Conclusion: Environmental Protection as a Factor in Determining the Equitable Utilization of International Watercourses; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

McIntyre's work explains the legal means by which requirements of environmental protection influence the determination of a reasonable and equitable regime for allocating rights to riparian states to utilize shared freshwater resources.