Description
Uncontrolled transboundary transfer of hazardous wastes was recognized as a major environmental problem in the mid-1980s. The international community responded by elaborating pertinent international agreements. Treaties are now in place at the global and regional levels, and additional ones are being negotiated. Despite their common aim of protecting the environment against the ill-effects of hazardous wastes, they often differ in stringency as well as scope and membership. The book analyses the key treaties and other international legal rules on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes. It identifies inconsistencies, gaps, and overlaps, and proposes ways to build a comprehensive global regulatory system for the management of hazardous wastes by harmonizing relevant international legal rules.
Reviews
It is fair to say that this must now be regarded as the definitive study of the international legal regime for the regulation of transboundary hazardous wastes...a masterly critique of the regime which strongly links it with the established and emerging principles of international environmental law...This is international environmental law scholarship at its best. It combines a rigorous command of technical detail with a wider horizon of emerging principles. This is an important contribution to the Oxford Monograph series. It is heartening to see that the editor, Professor Brownlie, promises other studies on protection of the environment for the series. However, this will be a difficult act to follow. * David Freestone, International and Comparative Law Quarterly *
The book casts well-deserved attention on the 1989 Basel Convention as the first global attempt to devise standards for controlling the increasing international traffic in, and accidents involving, some very toxic substances.' * ASIL Newsletter August 1997 *
A worthy addition to the Oxford Monographs in International Law series ... a well-researched and comprehensive reference work. * Nicholas Grief, Scottish Planning and Environmental Law, Aug 99 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198259947
Author Katharina Kummer
Format Hardback
Page Count 520
Imprint Clarendon Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 997g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 161mm * 34mm
Reviews
It is fair to say that this must now be regarded as the definitive study of the international legal regime for the regulation of transboundary hazardous wastes...a masterly critique of the regime which strongly links it with the established and emerging principles of international environmental law...This is international environmental law scholarship at its best. It combines a rigorous command of technical detail with a wider horizon of emerging principles. This is an important contribution to the Oxford Monograph series. It is heartening to see that the editor, Professor Brownlie, promises other studies on protection of the environment for the series. However, this will be a difficult act to follow. * David Freestone, International and Comparative Law Quarterly *
The book casts well-deserved attention on the 1989 Basel Convention as the first global attempt to devise standards for controlling the increasing international traffic in, and accidents involving, some very toxic substances.' * ASIL Newsletter August 1997 *
A worthy addition to the Oxford Monographs in International Law series ... a well-researched and comprehensive reference work. * Nicholas Grief, Scottish Planning and Environmental Law, Aug 99 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198259947
Author Katharina Kummer
Format Hardback
Page Count 520
Imprint Clarendon Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 997g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 161mm * 34mm
