The Precautionary Principle in Marine Environmental Law: With Special Reference to High Risk Vessels

ISBN-13: 9780415671910 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 304 str.

Benedicte Sage-Fuller

Opis

The book examines whether the jurisdiction of coastal States under international law can be extended to include powers of intervention towards vessels posing a significant risk to their coastal and marine environment, but which have not yet been involved in any incident or accident.

Spis treści

1. High Risk Vessels 2. Coastal States’ Jurisdiction under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 3. Significance of the Precautionary Principle in Marine Law 4. Practical Applications of the Precautionary Principle in Marine Protection Law 5. Application of the Precautionary Principle and Vessel-source Pollution

O autorze

Bénédicte Sage-Fuller is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University College Cork (Ireland). She has worked on EU research projects in the area of maritime safety and marine environmental protection since 2001. More recently she has lectured in fisheries law, and port law.