Read more
Based on the premise that the challenge facing the international community is how to attain truly precautionary environmental policies, this book explores a selection of themes relevant to the implementation of the precautionary principle.
List of contents
1. Origins and development of the precautionary principle; D. Freestone, E. Hey. Part I: The legal challenges of the precautionary principle. 2. The rights and interests of future generations and the precautionary principle; A. Kiss. 3. The status of the precautionary principle in international law; J. Cameron, J. Abouchar. 4. State responsibility and the precautionary principle; C. Tinker. 5. "What you risk reveals what you value", and other dilemmas encountered in the legal assaults on risks; A. Nollkaemper. Part II: The wider context of implementing the precautionary principle. 6. The relationship between policy, science, technology, economics and law in the implementation of the precautionary principle; K. von Moltke. 7. Scientific methods and the precautionary principle; L.D. Mee. 8. Integrating precautionary scientific methods into decision-making; J.S. Gray. 9. The economics of taking care: an evaluation of the precautionary principle; D. Fleming. Part III: Some legal and institutional aspects of implementing the precautionary principle. 10. The precautionary approach in international human rights law: how it can benefit the environment; M.T. Kamminga. 11. EC Environmental policy - a pre-cautionary tale? L. Hancher. 13. Glocalization: the precautionary principle and public participation, with special reference to the UN framework convention on climate change; J. Gupta. Conclusions. 14. Implementing the precautionary principle: Challenges and opportunities; D. Freestone, E. Hey.
