Sharing Transboundary Resources: International Law and Optimal Resource Use

ISBN-13: 9780521640985 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 300 str.

Auteur Eyal Benvenisti; James Crawford; John Bell

Opis

Why do states often fail to cooperate, using transboundary natural resources inefficiently and unsustainably? Benvenisti examines the contemporary international norms and policy recommendations that could provide incentives for states to cooperate. His approach is multi-disciplinary, proposing transnational institutions for the management of transboundary resources. Although global water policy issues seem set to remain a cause for concern for the foreseeable future, this study provides a new approach to the problem of freshwater, and will interest international environmentalists and lawyers, international relations scholars and practitioners.

Recenzje

'This highly readable, intelligent, insightful, and deeply informative book will leave its mark on subsequent scholarship in the field … Benvenisti has made important pathbreaking contributions with this book.' Connecticut Journal of International Law

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The need for collective action in the management of transboundary resources; 2. States as collective actors; 3. The transnational conflict paradigm: structural failures and responses; 4. Transnational institutions for transboundary ecosystem management: defining the tasks and the constraints; 5. The structure and procedure of institutions for transboundary ecosystem management; 6. The development of positive international law on transboundary ecosystems: a critical analysis; 7. Efficiency, custom, and the evolution of the law; 8. Conclusion.