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Effective Environmental Enforcement: The Missing Link To Achieving Sustainable Development, Linda Francis Duncan
Effective Environmental Enforcement: The Missing Link To Achieving Sustainable Development, Linda Francis Duncan
LLM Theses
In response to the emergence of sustainable development as the dominant environmental and economic paradigm, a number of mechanisms have been developed to assist in the implementation of these principles. Examples of these "super" instruments abound--market measures, eco-covenants, joint implementation and voluntary compliance. Appreciably less enthusiasm has been dedicated to capacity building for other more traditional tools prescribed by international laws. Counted among the disregarded tools is the widely maligned and misunderstood role of enforcement. This thesis argues that the potential for effecting innovative reforms may be significantly threatened by an underlying misunderstanding and failed appreciation of the critical role …