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Summary:

In international negotiations, the question of the design and the legal form of the negotiated instrument is as complex as it is often controversial. Intended as a read for both practitioners and academics, this book provides a comprehensive treatise of the characteristics, the potential and the limits of nonbinding instruments in international environmental law and governance. An extensive overview and typology of nonbinding instruments as well as several case studies from the areas of fisheries (FAO), hazardous substances (UNEP/FAO) and corporate social responsibility (OECD) provide the material for an in-depth analysis of the role of nonbinding instruments on all levels of governance. The book demonstrates the potential but also highlights the limits of nonbinding instruments in the interplay with customary and treaty law (e.g. UNCLOS, WTO) as bases for interinstitutional linkages and as tools to shape the behaviour of states and private actors. Legitimacy challenges arising from this form of exercise of authority are then discussed in the final chapter, alongside with remedies to address possible concerns.

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Nonbinding instruments in international practice
• Part II: The role and limits of nonbinding instruments
• Part III: The legitimacy of nonbinding instruments
• Part IV: Concluding summary.

Author/Creator:

Friedrich, Jürgen (Lawyer) , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

International environmental soft law: the functions and limits of nonbinding instruments in international environmental governance and law [by Friedrich, J.]

Related Series:

Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht; Bd. 247

Subjects:

Environmental law, International

Environmental policy — International cooperation

Environmental policy

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 31, 2013).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 503 pages).

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

K3585.4 .F754 2013eb

ISBNs:

9783642449468 (electronic bk.)
3642449468 (electronic bk.)
9783642449451 [Invalid]
364244945X [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1007/978-3-642-44946-8

OCLC Numbers:

868920905