Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Disaster Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Michigan Journal of International Law

Journal

United Nations

Articles 1 - 3 of 3

Full-Text Articles in Disaster Law

"Green Helmets": A Conceptual Framework For Security Council Authority In Environmental Emergencies, Linda A. Malone Jan 1996

"Green Helmets": A Conceptual Framework For Security Council Authority In Environmental Emergencies, Linda A. Malone

Michigan Journal of International Law

Although 1995 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the United Nations, the year also marks the fifth anniversary of a newly revitalized Security Council. In this period of five years, scholarly debate on the Security Council has shifted from what it might do if it could act to what substantive limits, if any, exist on the Security Council's authority to act under the Charter. The legitimacy of the Security Council's authority under the Charter arises both in its initial determination of when it can act and in its determination of the appropriate scope of its actions once it …


Multidisciplinary Perspectives On The Improvement Of International Environmental Law And Institutions, Linda C. Reif Jan 1994

Multidisciplinary Perspectives On The Improvement Of International Environmental Law And Institutions, Linda C. Reif

Michigan Journal of International Law

Review of Environmental Change and International Law: New Challenges and Dimensions (Edith Brown Weiss ed.), Institutions for the Earth: Sources of Effective International Environmental Protection (Peter M. Haas, Robert O. Keohane, & Marc A. Levy eds.), and The Uncertain Promise of Law: Lessons from Bhopal. by Jamie Cassels


The Role Of Risk Analysis In The 1992 Framework Convention On Climate Change, Martin J. Lalonde Jan 1993

The Role Of Risk Analysis In The 1992 Framework Convention On Climate Change, Martin J. Lalonde

Michigan Journal of International Law

This Note examines the role that risk analysis played in fashioning the Framework Convention on Climate Change and argues that risk analysis should play a significant part in implementing the Convention.