In our interdependent world the regulation by states of a range of activities may carry very significant international implications. This important work examines the ways in which state measures on environmental, health and other topics have attracted the attention of international law, and how international courts have identified a body of standards that mediate the tension between state autonomy and international legal disciplines.
Caroline E. Foster is based at the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, participating frequently in international collaborations and publishing regularly in international journals. She serves with the NZ Centre for Environmental Law and on the Editorial Advisory Boards of the NZ Yearbook of International Law and the NZ Journal of Environmental Law.