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Using Trade To Enforce International Environmental Law: Implications For United States Law, Mary Ellen O'Connell

Journal Articles

The United States has enviable domestic environmental protection laws. However, good domestic environmental protection raises two concerns: effectiveness and competitiveness. In response to these two problems of environmental protection—effectiveness and competitiveness—members of Congress introduced over thirty bills in 1990 to amend U.S. trade laws. The bills were designed to either press other states to adopt environmental protection standards similar to the United States own or to at least minimize the competitive disadvantage for U.S. business inherent in U.S. regulations. The bills took one of two approaches: either they aimed at restricting access to U.S. markets for those states failing to …

Discussion In The Security Council On Environmental Intervention In The Ukraine, Linda A. Malone

Faculty Publications

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Liability For Injurious Consequences To The Global Climate, Sudha Rp Rao

LLM Theses and Essays

Preservation of the environment is a major concern in the modern era. This paper explains the scientific basis of the global warning theory and the potential impacts of climate change on the environment. When regulating the causes of global warming, accountability and liability arise in the areas of both prevention of future emissions of green house gases into the atmosphere and remedial measures to clean up the damage that has already occurred. The responsibility for the costs in these areas are examined as well as the International Law Commission’s work on “Liability for Injurious Consequences Arising out of Acts not …

Panel Iii: International Law, Global Environmentalism, And The Future Of American Environmental Policy, Thomas W. Merrill

Faculty Scholarship

From an American perspective, environmental law has undergone two bouts of centralization in the past three decades. Round one occurred in the 1970's, as Congress federalized vast areas of environmental law that had previously been the province of state and local governments. Round two, which is still in an incipient phase, represents the effort to internationalize environmental law.

The question I would like to address is what can we learn from round one about what is likely to happen in round two. My answer, in a nutshell, is that the primary driving force behind the federalization of environmental law in …

Nov. 29, 1993, Corresponence From Sr. Bank Staff, Re Potential Candidates For Wbp, Ibrd

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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Nov. 1993, Eurodad, Third World Debt In The 1990s, Eurodad

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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Sept. 24, 1993, Memo From L. Preston, Wb President To All Staff, Announcing Creation Of Wbip, Lewis T. Preston

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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Sept 22 1993, Board Transcript, Establishment Inspection Panel, Ibrd

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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September 20, 1993 Ngo Memo Re Comments On The World Banks Draft Resolution For Creating An Independent Inspection Panel, Lori Udall, David Hunter, Jim Barnes, Chad Dobson

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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Sept. 20-24, 1993, D. Bradlow, Greater Public Accountability Will Improve Efficacy Of Mdbs, Daniel Bradlow

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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Fo, Pol'y Brief, Analysis Of Ifc Procedures And Policies Against Fy 95 Certification Requirements, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

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Augst 27, 1993 Public Transcript Of Ibrd Ida Board Meeting On Panel Of August 27 1993, Ibrd

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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August 26, 1993 Creating An Independent Appeals Commission At The World Bank, David Hunter, Lori Udall, Peter Bosshard

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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August 26, 1993 Transcript Of Ibrd Idaboard Meeting On Panel Of-August-26-1993, Ibrd

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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August 23, 1993 Ngo Memo To Clinton Adm Re Comments On World Bank Draft Paper On Functions And Operations Of An Inspection Function, Lori Udall, Jim Barnes, Barbara Bramble, Chad Dobson, Larry Williams, David Hunter

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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Aug 6, 1993, Ibrd, Memo To Wb Board, Paper, Function And Operations Of An Inspection Function And August 5 Draft Resolution, The World Bank

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

This document includes the April 6 Board Paper prepared by IPR staff and entitled “Function and operations of an Inspection Function.” Also included with the Board Paper is the Draft Resolution dated August 6, prepared by the General Counsel Ibrahim Shihata. These documents were prepared for discussion at the August 26 Board meeting. These papers reflected Board comments made at the July 9 meeting on the June 10 options paper, Operations Inspection in the Bank: Issues and Options, In light of those comments, the cover memo highlights that in this version: The Objectives of, and rationale for, the inspection have …

Aug 6 1993, Ibrd, Board Paper, Function And Operations Of An Inspection Function, Ibrd

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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Jul. 26, 1993, P. Bosshard, Letter To D. Hunter Re Wbip Meeting And Paper, Peter Bosshard

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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July 9, 1993transcript-Public-Of-Ibrd-Ida-Board-Informal-Meeting-Of-July-9-1993-Redacted, Ibrd

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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Jul. 5 & 15, 1993, D. Bradlow, Wb Reforms & Improving The Wb Articles, Daniel Bradlow

WBIP Creation Up To 1993

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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.

Basic Documents Of International Environmental Law, Ludwik A. Teclaff

Michigan Journal of International Law

Review of the book edited by Harald Hohmann.

International Law And The Preservation Of Species: An Analysis Of The Convention On Biological Diversity Signed At The Rio Earth Summit In 1992, Dr. Ranee K.L. Panjabi

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Participation And Litigation Rights Of Environmental Associations In Europe: Current Legal Situation And Practical Experience, David A. Wirth

Michigan Journal of International Law

Review of the book edited by Martin Führ and Gerhard Roller.

Great Words Needed For The Great Lakes: Reasons To Rewrite The Boundary Waters Treaty Of 1909, Daniel K. Dewitt

Indiana Law Journal

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International Environmental Law: Contemporary Issues And The Emergence Of A New World Order, Edith Brown Weiss

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In 1972 international environmental law was a fledgling field with less than three dozen multilateral agreements. Today international environmental law is arguably setting the pace for cooperation in the international community in the development of international law. There are nearly nine hundred international legal instruments that are either primarily directed to international environmental issues or contain important provisions on them. This proliferation of legal instruments is likely to continue. Therefore, it is important to assess what we have done and explore where we are headed.

Reflections On The Jeffersonian Ideal Of An Agrarian Democracy And The Emergence Of An Agricultural And Environmental Ethic In The 1990 Farm Bill, Linda A. Malone

Faculty Publications

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Foreword: The Challenge Of Rio, David H. Getches

Publications

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Preservation And Allocation Of Fresh Water Resources In International Law Jordan: Special Case Study, Ghada Ibrahim Abu-Ragheb

LLM Theses and Essays

This thesis argues for the creation of a comprehensive, developed body of international environmental law, to regulate allocation and protection of freshwater resources. The thesis gives an idea of the substantive duties and obligations of states under the developing international law of the environment in the use of international watercourses and the responsibilities and liabilities of states for breach of those duties. The thesis continues to examination of a special case study of Jordan encompassing the water resources and river disputes.

The South And The Earth Summit: The Development/Environment Dichotomy, Dr. Ranee K.L. Panjabi

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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