Sustainable development as a principle of international law : resolving conflicts between climate measures and WTO law


by Christina Voigt
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Leiden : Nijhoff , 2009
Omfang
XXIV, 426 s.
Opplysninger
"This book is a shortened and updated version of my doctoral thesis which was submitted to the University of Oslo, School of Law, in September 2006 and defended for the degree doctor juris in April 2007" - Forordet. - Table of Contents; Chapter 1 Origins and Development of the Concept of Sustainable Development in International Law; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; General Introduction; Sustainable Development, International Trade and Climate Change; Why Sustainable Development?; The Ultimate Challenge; Part I Sustainable Development in Internati onal Law; Introduction; Chapter 2 Integration as a Central Aspect of Sustainable Development; Chapter 3 The International Climate Regime. - 16.3.1 Identification of Affected Interests16.3.3 Secondary Sustainability: Assessment of the (Broader) Sustainability of the Measure; Chapter 17 'Case' Studies: CDM and Emissions Trading; Chapter 18 Final Conclusions; Table of Cases; Bibliography; Index. - Chapter 4 Sustainable Development in the Context of International Climate Change LawChapter 5 Sustainable Development in WTO Context; Chapter 6 Sustainable Development as a General Principle of Law; Chapter 7 Fragmentation of International Law: the Origin of Normative Conflicts; Part II Conflict s Between Climate Measures and WTO Law; Introduction; Chapter 8 Climate Measures and WTO Law: General Comments; Chapter 9 International Emissions Trading and WTO Rules; Chapter 10 The Clean Development Mechanism and WTO Rules; Chapter 11 Concluding Remarks on Part II. - Part III Sustainable Development as a Princip le of Integrati on of Climate and Trade LawIntroduction; Chapter 12 Is there a Need for the Principle of Sustainable Development in WTO Dispute Settlement?; Chapter 13 Principles of Conflict Resolution; 13.1 Explicit Conflict Clauses; 13.2 Implicit Conflict Clauses in the Kyoto Protocol and UNFCCC; Chapter 14 Applicability of Non-WTO Law in WTO Dispute Settlement; Chapter 15 Applicability of the Principle of Sustainable Development in WTO Dispute Settlement; Chapter 16 Application of the Principle of Sustainable Development: Practical Consequences. - This volume provides a framework for the doctrinal foundation of sustainable development as a principle of integration in international law. The work departs from the fragmented nature of the international legal system, a system that lacks integrative principles for creating coherent relations between, for example, the international trade regime of the WTO and multilateral environmental agreements. The specific focus is on a legal analysis of potential normative conflicts between climate measures as regulated by the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, in particular the flexibility instruments of in
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ISBN
9789004166974

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