'Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli's thoroughly researched and carefully reasoned exposition of the importance of the prevention principle as a guiding force in international environmental law is as timely as it is convincing.' John Dugard, Universiteit Leiden and Judge ad hoc International Court of Justice
Introduction; Part I. From Reparation to Prevention: International Environmental Law through the Lenses of Prevention: 1. The foundations of prevention: reparation and resource management; 2. The paradigm shift: prevention as the cornerstone of international environmental law; Part II. The Normative Impacts of the Prevention Principle in International Environmental Law; 3. Prevention in treaty law; 4. Prevention in international customary law; 5. Prevention in the jurisprudence; Part III. The Three Definitional Dimensions of Prevention: 6. Prevention and risk anticipation: the rationale; 7. Prevention and proactivity: content; 8. Prevention and the protection of the environment: spatial scope; 9. Prevention and its relationship with other environmental norms; Part IV. Prevention as a Consolidated norm: Current Trends and Future Prospects: 10. Role and place of prevention in the international legal order; 11. The frontiers of prevention? Reparation and compliance control; Conclusion.