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Rock, Paper Scissors…Loot!, Michael A. Mogill Jan 2017

Rock, Paper Scissors…Loot!, Michael A. Mogill

Faculty Scholarly Works

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The Coming Water Crisis: A Common Concern Of Mankind, Edith Brown Weiss Jan 2012

The Coming Water Crisis: A Common Concern Of Mankind, Edith Brown Weiss

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This essay argues that fresh water, its availability and use, should now be recognized as ‘a common concern of humankind’, much as climate change was recognized as a ‘common concern of humankind’ in the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and conservation of biodiversity was recognized as a ‘common concern of humankind’ in the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity. This would respond to the many linkages between what happens in one area with the demand for and the supply of fresh water in other areas. It would take into account the scientific characteristics of the hydrological cycle, address …


The Nature And Enforcement Of Investor Rights Under Investment Treaties: Do Investment Treaties Have A Bright Future, Susan Franck Oct 2005

The Nature And Enforcement Of Investor Rights Under Investment Treaties: Do Investment Treaties Have A Bright Future, Susan Franck

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

The number of investment treaties has surged in the past decade. Even now, the United States and Canada are actively engaged in programs designed to facilitate the completion of multilateral treaties such as the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs). These investment treaties act like economic bills of rights, which grant foreign investors substantive protections and procedural rights to facilitate investment. Sovereigns, meanwhile, may benefit from these treaties by obtaining increased foreign direct investment, which may promote the development of their country's infrastructure 6 and offer citizens basic services including access to clean water, …


Justice Unconceived: How Posterity Has Rights, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl Jul 2002

Justice Unconceived: How Posterity Has Rights, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl

Faculty Publications

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A Preliminary Survey Of Recent International Legal Developments, Sompong Sucharitkul Mar 1998

A Preliminary Survey Of Recent International Legal Developments, Sompong Sucharitkul

The Sompong Sucharitkul Center for Advanced International Legal Studies

This year, three different time frames appear to commend themselves for our treatment of international legal developments of considerable importance and far-reaching consequences. The first covers the legal developments in the year 1997-1998. The second embraces continuing growth and progress made in the international legal fields within the United Nations Decade of International Law, that is from the year 1990 until today. The third and last is the half-century mark, dating back to 194 7-1948.


Book Review Of Environment And The Law: A Dictionary, James S. Heller Jan 1997

Book Review Of Environment And The Law: A Dictionary, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Environment And Trade Concepts And Principles Of International Law: An Introduction, David Hunter Jan 1995

Environment And Trade Concepts And Principles Of International Law: An Introduction, David Hunter

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.


Can International Legal Principles Promote The Resolution Of Central And East European Transboundary Environmental Disputes?, Paul Williams Jan 1995

Can International Legal Principles Promote The Resolution Of Central And East European Transboundary Environmental Disputes?, Paul Williams

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

The fall of communism and the subsequent opening of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have revealed a regional ecosystem under serious strain after over forty years of communist stewardship. Although the entire region suffers from an exploited ecosystem, particular destruction has occurred in the border regions of the CEE states. The substantial environmental destruction and continuing degradation in these border regions give rise to a number of transboundary environmental disputes, which must be resolved if the situation is to be alleviated.'