BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

The environmental consequences of war : legal, economic and scientific perspectives / Austin, Jay E. (ed.) ; Bruch, Carl E., xx, 691 p.. - Cambridge : Cambridge U. P., 2000.

ISBN 0-521-78020-9

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. Foreword by Klaus Toepfer; Introduction Jay E. Austin and Carl Bruch. Part I. General Principles: 1. Introduction Carl Bruch; 2. The environment in wartime: an overview Christopher Stone. Part II: The Legal Framework. Existing and Emerging Wartime Standards: 3. Introduction Carl Bruch; 4. The laws of war and environmental damage Adam Roberts; 5. War and the environment: fault lines in the prescriptive landscape Michael N. Schmitt; 6. The inadequacy of the existing legal approach to environmental protection in wartime Richard Falk; 7. United States Navy development of operational-environmental doctrine Captain John P. Quinn, Captain Richard T. Evans and Lt. Commander Michael J. Boock; 8. In furtherance of environmental guidelines for armed forces during peace and war Arthur H. Westing; Lessons from Other Legal Regimes: 9. Introduction Jay E. Austin; 10. Peacetime environmental law as a basis of state responsibility for environmental damage caused by war Silja Voneky; 11. Environmental damages under the Law of the Sea convention Thomas Mensah; 12. The place of the environment in international tribunals David Caron; 13. Civil liability for war-caused environmental damage: models from United States law Jeffrey G. Miller. Part III: Assessing the Impacts - Scientific Methods and Issues. Ecological and Natural Resource Impacts: 14. Introduction Jessica D. Jacoby; 15. Assessing long-term environmental consequences of war Asit K. Biswas; 16. The Gulf War impact on terrestrial environment of Kuwait: an overview Samira A. S. Omar, Ernest Briskey, Raafat Misak and Adel A. S. O. Asem; 17. War-related damages to the marine environment in the ROPME sea area Mahmood Y. Abdulraheem; 18. War and biodiversity: an assessment of impacts Jeffrey A. McNeely; Public Health Impacts: 19. Introduction Jessica D. Jacoby; 20. Tracking the four horsemen: the public health approach to the impact of war and war-induced environmental destruction in the twentieth century Jennifer Leaning; 21. Defoliants: the long-term health implications Alastair W. M. Hay; 22. The impact of military preparedness and militarism on health and the environment Victor W. Sidel; 23. War and infectious diseases: international law and the public health consequences of armed conflict David P. Fidler. Part IV: Valuing the Impacts - Economic Methods and Issues: 24. Introduction Eric Feldman; Ecological and Natural Resource Damages: 25. Restoration-based measures of compensation in natural resource liability statutes Carol A. Jones; Public Health Damages: 26. Valuing public health damages arising from war Mark Dickie and Shelby Gerking; 27. Valuing the health consequences of war W. Kip Viscusi. Part V : Prospects for the Future: 28. Introduction Jay E. Austin; 29. Protecting specially important areas during international armed conflict: a critique of the IUCN draft convention on the prohibition of hostile military activities in protected areas Richard Tarasofsky; 30. The chemical weapons convention: a verification and enforcement model for determining legal responsibility for environmental harm caused by war Barry Kellman; 31. International legal mechanisms for determining liability and assessing damages under international humanitarian law Jean-Marie Henckaerts; 32. Waging war against the world: the need to move from war crimes to environmental crimes Mark A. Drumbl.

INDEX WORDS:
* krigsförbrytelser = war crimes = sotarikokset
* miljöskydd = environmental protection = ympäristönsuojelu
* beväpnade styrkor = armed forces = asevoimat
* miljöskada = environmental damage = ympäristövahinko
* biologisk mångfald = biodiversity = biodiversiteetti
* WHO = WHO = WHO
* hälsovård = health care = terveydenhoito
* väpnad konflikt = armed conflict = aseellinen selkkaus
* kemiska vapen = chemical weapons = kemialliset aseet
* miljöbrott = environmental crimes = ympäristörikos
* biologiska vapen = biological weapons = biologiset aseet
* Europarådet = Council of Europe = Euroopan Neuvosto
* ICRC = ICRC = ICRC
* internationella brottmålsdomstolen = international criminal court (ICC) = kansainvälinen rikostuomioistuin
* landminor = landmines = maamiinat

NOTE (GENERAL): ACHPR; AMR; Basel convention; BWC; CWC; Convention on biological diversity; Convention on the law of the sea; ENMOD; Genocide convention; Geneva conventions; Additional protocolc of the Geneva conventions; UN charter; Hague conventions;

LIBRARY LOCATION: Off.rätt./Miljörätt

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

Europe and the environment : legal essays in honour of Ludwig Krämer / Onida, Marco (ed.), xiv, 274 p.. - Groningen : Europa Law publ., 2004.

ISBN 90-76871-23-X

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: Table of Contents:. Part One: Enforcing Environmental Law:. Access to Justice in Environmental Matters;A Fundamental Democratic Right, by Birgit Dette. 1. Introduction. 2. The democratic societ y as origin of access to justice in environmental matters. 3. Access to justice in environmental matters at international, European and national level. 3.1 Present situation at international level – the Aarhus Convention. 3.2 Present situation in the European Union. 3.2.1 The EC level. 3.2.2 The Member State level. 4. Recent developments at European level – the ‘proposal package ’. Proposal for a Regulation implementing the Aarhus. Convention with respect to the EC institutions. 4.2 Initiatives with regard to the Member State level. Proposal for a Directive on access to justice in environmental matters. Further Directives containing provisions on access to justice in environmental matters. 5. Conclusion. Chapter 2. Commission Infringement Procedure in Environmental Cases, by Sibylle Grohs. 1. Introduction. 2. The formal infringement procedure. 3. Types of cases investigated. 3.1 Sources of infringement cases. 3.2 Non-communication cases. 3.3 Non-conformit y cases. 3.4 Bad application cases. 3.4.1 Types of bad application case investigated. 3.4.2 Procedure for investigating bad application cases. 3.5 Reaching decisions on whether or not to pursue a case with formal proceedings. 3.6 Statistics on complaints handled by the Environment Directorate-General. 4. Procedural rules. 5. European Ombudsman. 6. Priority setting. 7. Conclusion. Chapter 3: Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law; Destiny of the Various European Union ’s Initiatives, by Françoise Comte. 1. Introduction. 2. Need to better ensure effective implementation of Communit y environmental law. 3. Extent of environmental crime:Two examples. 4. Recourse to criminal law in order to have a better implementation of environmental law. 4.1 Convention of the Council of Europe on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law. 4.2 The ‘Danish initiative ’:‘Initiative with a view to adopting a Council Framework Decision on combating serious environmental crime’. 4.3 The Commission proposal for a Directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law. 4.3.1 Main points of the proposal. 4.4 The Council ’s draft Framework Decision on the Protection of the environment through criminal law. 5. Destiny of the initiatives taken at European Union level. 5.1 Adoption of the Framework Decision on the Protection of the environment through criminal law. 5.2 Commission ’s recourse to the Court of Justice challenging the Framework Decision. 5.3 Consequences of the Commission ’s action before the Court of Justice. 6. New European Union initiatives in criminal matters after the accident of the Prestige. 6.1 The Prestige tanker accident. 6.2 The Commission ’s Reaction:Communication on improving safet y at sea in response to the Prestige accident. 6.3 The proposal for a Directive on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of sanctions,including criminal sanctions, for pollution offences. 6.4 The Second Commission Communication on the Prestige. 6.5 Proposal for a Council Framework Decision to strengthen the criminal-law framework for the enforcement of the law against ship-source pollution. 6.6 Destiny of the Commission ’s proposals on ship-source pollution. 7 Conclusion. Part Two: Horizontal Measures:. Chapter 4: Environmental Impact Assessment; A Major Instrument in Environmental Integration, by Liam Cashman. 1. Origin and development. 1.1 First European Communit y instrument on Environmental Impact Assessment. 1.2 Refinement and consolidation of project-related EIA. 1.3 New instruments and initiatives on EIA. 1.4 Wider developments requiring co-ordination of EIA and other legal requirements. 2. Present situation:Applicable rules. 2.1 Project-related impact assessment:Directive 85/337/EEC as amended. 2.1.1 What is a ‘project ’?. 2.1.2 When should an EIA be undertaken?. 2.1.3 How should an EIA be undertaken?. 2.1.4 Effects of EIA and the absence of EIA. 2.1.5 Access to justice. 2.2 Assessment of habitat impacts:Directive 92/43/EEC. 2.2.1 When is an assessment under Article 6(3)required?. 2.2.2 How should an assessment be carried out for purposes of Article 6(3)and what are its consequences?. 2.3 Environment Assessment of Plans and Programmes: Directive 2001/42/EC. 2.4 Other EU instruments with EIA-t ype provisions. 3 Challenges for the future,including critical remarks. 3.1 Project-related EIA. 3.2 Other forms of assessment. Chapter 5: Prevention and Control of Industrial Emissions;An Overview of EC Rules and Their Specific Impact on Emissions, by Alexandre Paquot. 1. Origin and development. 1.1 Introduction and key figures on industrial pollution. 1.2 Instruments used to prevent and control industrial emissions. 1.3 Development of a Communit y policy on industrial emissions. 1.4 The first Environmental Action Programmes:An attempt to regulate the main polluting industrial sectors. 1.5 The regulation of the titanium dioxide industry. 1.6 The Communit y failed to regulate other industrial sectors. 1.7 Air emissions regulation. 1.8 Water emissions regulation. 1.9 Policy shift in the Environmental Action Programmes. 2 Current situation:Applicable rules and impact. 2.1 Large combustion plants 100 2.2 Waste incineration installations 101 2.3 Volatile organic compounds from stationary sources 102 2.4 The IPPC Directive 103 2.4.1 Possibilit y of setting harmonised emission limit values at national or EC level 104 2.4.2 Exchange of information 104 2.4.3 European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER)105 2.4.4 Implementation 105 2.4.5 How effective is the concept of best available techniques?105 2.4.6 General assessment 106 2.5 Comparison of legislation on industrial emissions 107 3 Challenges for the future and some conclusions 109 3.1 Data availabilit y 109 3.2 Emission limit values 109 3.3 Water pollution 109 3.4 A new strategy for sector-oriented directives 110 chapter 6 Environmental Protection by Product Policy;Focus on Dangerous Substances Marco Onida 1 Introduction – setting the scene 115 2 The general public policy context 116 xi 3 Environmental requirements for products at EC level 119 Effects on product composition through controls on chemicals 119 Product policy in the air sector:vehicles and fuels in the spotlight 120 3.3 Product policy and water protection 123 3.4 Product requirements in the waste sector 125 3.4.1 Recent developments on ‘integrated product policy ’ 127 3.5 Product-related requirements in relation to soil 128 3.6 Other examples of product requirements having environmental implications 129 4 The role of Member States 130 4.1 The room for Member States action 130 4.2 The interaction bet ween Member States initiatives and EC legislation 133 5 The international dimension 134 6 Substitution 135 7 Concluding remarks 136 Part Three Media-Specific Environmental Policies chapter 7 The European Union and Protection of the Marine Environment;Some Reflections on Developments in Law, Policy and Practice Martin Hedemann-Robinson 1 Introduction 141 2 EU policy developments on marine environmental protection 142 Key phases in constructing a strategy on the marine environment at EU level.143 2.2 Impact of the Sixth Environment Action Programme 149 3 Critique of developments 151 4 Some conclusions 154 chapter 8 Community Legislation on Water Protection;An Assessment of its Evolution and Possible Future Claudia Olazábal 1 Introduction – how Communit y water policy has evolved 157 2 Some of the main Directives on Communit y water policy 160 2.1 Bathing Water Directive 160 2.2 Drinking Water Directive 162 xii 2.3 Groundwater Directive 164 2.4 Water Framework Directive 166 3 Conclusions 170 chapter 9 Developments on Soil Protection in the EU Luca Marmo 1 Introduction 175 2 Origin and development of waste and soil policies in the EU 175 2.1 Setting the scene 175 2.2 The development of EU waste legislation 178 2.3 The beginning of EU soil policy 179 3 Some instruments at EU level relevant for soil protection 180 3.1 The Waste Framework Directive 180 3.2 The Landfill Directive 182 3.3 The Sewage Sludge Directive 183 3.4 The common agricultural policy (CAP)and its 2003 reform 186 4 Conclusion and forward outlook 190 chapter 10 Developments in European Legislation on Noise Protection Anna Karamat 1 Introduction 195 2 Origin and development of communit y action on environmental noise:the policy framework 196 2.1 Fifth Environment Action Programme 196 2.2 Green Paper on Noise Policy 197 2.3 Sixth Environment Action Programme 197 3 Main communit y legislative instruments contributing to noise protection 198 3.1 Vehicles 198 3.2 Pleasure boats 199 3.3 Aircraft 199 3.4 Household appliances 201 3.5 Noise from outdoor equipment 201 3.6 Directive on environmental noise 202 3.7 Other legislation 203 4 Challenges for the future 206 4.1 Contribution of legislation to noise levels 206 4.2 Internal market and trade 206 4.3 Noise policy and the principle of subsidiarit y 207 5 Conclusions 208 table of contents chapter 11 Community Action in the Fight Against Climate Change Yvon Slingenberg 1 Introduction 211 2 Climate action at international level 212 2.1 The Hague,Bonn,Marrakech 214 2.2 The role of the Commission in international negotiations 215 3 Climate action at EU level 217 3.1 The EU Burden-Sharing Agreement 217 3.2 Communit y policies and measures 218 3.2.1 Monitoring 218 3.2.2 ‘Policies and measures ’ and the European Climate Change Programme 220 3.2.3 Emission trading and project-based mechanisms 221 4 Outlook and role of the Commission 223 4.1 Achieving the target 223 4.2 Future commitments 225 5 Conclusion 226 Bibliography Table of Cases Table of Legislation

INDEX WORDS:
* miljöskydd = environmental protection = ympäristönsuojelu
* EU = EU = EU
* implementering = implementation = toteuttaminen
* strafflag = criminal law = rikosoikeus
* miljöbrott = environmental crimes = ympäristörikos
* ECJ = ECJ = ECJ
* EU-utvidgning = EU enlargement = EU-laajentuminen
* rättsfall/rättspraxis = cases/case law = oikeustapaukset/oikeuskäytäntö

NOTE (GENERAL): Aarhus convention;

LIBRARY LOCATION: Miljörätt

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

Ecoviolence and the law : supranational normative foundation of ecocrime / Westra, Laura, xxiii, 469 p.. - Ardsley, NY : Transnational Publ., 2004.

ISBN 1-57105-316-6

INDEX WORDS:
* miljöbrott = environmental crimes = ympäristörikos
* mänskliga rättigheter = human rights = ihmisoikeudet
* multinationella bolag = transnational corporations (TNC) = monikansalliset yritykset
* ansvarighet = accountability = vastuullisuus
* strafflag = criminal law = rikoslaki
* miljöskydd = environmental protection = ympäristönsuojelu
* diskriminering = discrimination = syrjintä
* folkmord = genocide = kansanmurha
* ICJ = ICJ = ICJ
* internationella brottmålsdomstolen = international criminal court (ICC) = kansainvälinen rikostuomioistuin
* FN:s folkrättskommission = International Law Commission (ILC) = kansainvälisen oikeuden toimikunta
* statsansvar = state responsibility = valtiovastuu
* tortyr = torture = kidutus
* WHO = WHO = WHO
* WTO = WTO = WTO
* erga omnes = erga omnes = erga omnes
* peremptory norms = jus cogens = jus cogens
* internationell handel = international trade = kansainvälinen kauppa
* WTO = WTO = WTO
* rättsfall/rättspraxis = cases/case law = oikeustapaukset/oikeuskäytäntö

NOTE (GENERAL): Earth charter; Convention on biological diversity; Convention on the protection of the Rhine; ACHPR; Convention on the law of the sea; Vienna convention on the law of treaties; Declaration on the rights of the child; ECHR; IMT charter; OECD guidelines for multicultural enterprises; Kyoto protocol; The statute of the ICJ; The statute of the ICC; Nuremberg charter; ICCPR; TEU;

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

Environmental law / Bell, Stuart ; McGillvray, Donald. - 7th. ed.., lxii, 783 p.. - Oxford : Oxford U.P., 2008.

ISBN 978-0-19-921102-9

LANGUAGE: ENG

INDEX WORDS:
* miljörätt = environmental law = ympäristöoikeus
* miljöskydd = environmental protection = ympäristönsuojelu
* klimatförändring = climate change = ilmastomuutos
* nedsmutsning = pollution = saastuminen
* EG = EC = EY
* vattenförorening = pollution of water = vesien saastuminen
* miljöbrott = environmental crimes = ympäristörikos
* deltagande = participation = osallistuminen
* rättsfall/rättspraxis = cases/case law = oikeustapaukset/oikeuskäytäntö
* WTO = WTO = WTO

NOTE (GENERAL): EC treaty; SEA; TEU; Treaty of Lisbon; ToA; Aarhus convention; cartagena biosafety protocol; ICJ statute; Rio declaration; ICC statute; Stockholm declaration; Framework convention on climate change; UDHR; Vienna convention on the law of treaties; ECHR;

LIBRARY LOCATION: Miljörätt

BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

International law and the environment / Birnie, Patricia ; Boyle, Alan ; Redgwell, Catherine. - 3. ed.., xxxvi, 851 p.. - Oxford : Oxford U. P., 2009.

ISBN 978-0-19-876422-9

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. International law and the environment. 2. International governance and the formulation of environmental law and policy. 3. Rights and obligations of states concerning protection of the environment. 4. Interstate enforcement: state responsibility, treaty compliance, and dispute settlement. 5. Non-state actors: environmental rights, liability, and crimes. 6. Climate change and atmospheric pollution. 7. The law of the sea and protection of the marine environment. 8. International regulation of toxic substances. 9. Nuclear energy and the environment. 10. International watercourses: environmental protection and sustainable use. 11. Conservation of nature, ecosystems, and biodiversity. 12. Conservation of migratory and land-based species and biodiversity. 13. Conservation of marine living resources and biodiversity. 14. International trade and environmental protection.

INDEX WORDS:
* miljöskydd = environmental protection = ympäristönsuojelu
* actio popularis = actio popularis = actio popularis
* luftföroreningar = air pollution = ilmansaasteet
* djurens rättigheter = animals' rights = eläinten oikeudet
* biologisk mångfald = biodiversity = biodiversiteetti
* klimatförändring = climate change = ilmastomuutos
* miljöbrott = environmental crimes = ympäristörikos
* Europarådet = Council of Europe = Euroopan Neuvosto
* fredlig lösning av tvister = dispute settlement = riitaisuuksien rauhanomainen selvittäminen
* internationell sedvanerätt = customary international law = kansainvälinen tapaoikeus
* u-länder = developing countries = kehitysmaat
* miljörätt = environmental law = ympäristöoikeus
* erga omnes = erga omnes = erga omnes
* europeiska domstolen för de mänskliga rättigheterna = European Court of Human Rights = Euroopan ihmisoikeustuomioistuin
* mänskliga rättigheter = human rights = ihmisoikeudet
* immaterialrätt = intellectual property rights = immateriaalioikeus
* kontroll över naturtillgångar = natural resources control = luonnonvarojen valvonta
* icke-diskriminering = non-discrimination = syrjintäkielto
* NGO = NGO = NGO
* non-state actors = non-state actors = non-state actors
* kärnenergi = nuclear energy = ydinenergia
* försiktighetsprincipen = precautionary principle = varovaisuusperiaate
* suveränitet = sovereignty = suvereniteetti
* hållbar utveckling = sustainable development = kestävä kehitys
* Världsbanken = World Bank = Maailmanpankki

NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; ACHPR; ECHR; ICCPR; ICESCR; ICRW; Reykjavik declaration on responsible fisheries; Convention on the protection of the Rhine; Protocol to the London dumping convention;

LIBRARY LOCATION: Miljörätt

BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

An introduction to transnational criminal law / Boister, Neil, xlix, 301 p.. - Oxford : Oxford U.P., 2012.

ISBN 978-0-19-960539-2

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: Part A: Introduction:. 1: What is Transnational Crime?. 2: What is Transnational Criminal Law?. PART B: Crimes:. 3: Piracy and Modern Maritime Offences. 4: Slavery, Human Trafficking, and Migrant Smuggling. 5: Drug Trafficking. 6: Terrorism. 7: Transnational Organised Crime. 8: Corruption. 9: Money Laundering. 10: Emerging Transnational Crimes. 11: General Part of Transnational Crime. PART C: Enforcement:. 12: Jurisdiction. 13: International Law Enforcement Cooperation. 14: International Law Enforcement Cooperation at Sea. 15: The Anti-Money Laundering Regime. 16: Legal Assistance. 17: Legal Assistance in Asset Recovery. 18: Extradition of Transnational Criminals. PART D: Conclusion:. 19: Implementation. 20: Towards Transnational Criminal Justice.

INDEX WORDS:
* asylsökande = asylum seekers = turvapaikanhakijat
* transnationell straffrätt = transnational criminal law = ylikansallinen rikosoikeus
* dödsstraff = death penalty = kuolemanrangaistus
* barn = children = lapset
* korruption = corruption = korruptio
* Europarådet = Council of Europe = Euroopan Neuvosto
* kulturell egendom = cultural property = kulttuuriomaisuus
* internationell sedvanerätt = customary international law = kansainvälinen tapaoikeus
* u-länder = developing countries = kehitysmaat
* verkställande = enforcement = voimaansaattaminen
* miljöbrott = environmental crimes = ympäristörikos
* utlämning = extradition = luovuttaminen
* EU = EU = EU
* fiske = fishing = kalastus
* immunitet = immunity = koskemattomuus
* implementering = implementation = toteuttaminen
* människohandel = trafficking in persons = ihmiskauppa
* penningtvätt = money laundering = rahanpesu
* nationalitet = nationality = kansallisuus
* organiserad brottslighet = organized criminality = järjestäytynyt rikollisuus
* polis = police = poliisi
* slavhandel = slave trade = orjakauppa
* terrorism = terrorism = terrorismi
* tortyr = torture = kidutus
* Världsbanken = World Bank = Maailmanpankki
* europeiska domstolen för de mänskliga rättigheterna = European Court of Human Rights = Euroopan ihmisoikeustuomioistuin
* ECJ = ECJ = ECJ
* internationella tribunalen för krigsförbrytelser = international tribunal on war crimes (ICTY and ICTR) = kansainvälinen sotarikostuomioistuin

GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Argentina / Australia / Austria / Belgium / Brazil / Canada / Chile / China / Colombia / Costa Rica / Cyprus / Czech Republic / Fiji / France / Germany / Hong Kong / India / Indonesia / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Kenya / Lesotho / Netherlands / New Zealand / poland / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / United Kingdom / USA

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