Environmental problems do not respect international boundaries; they affect the entire globe, and dealing with them is a matter for international political negotiation, law and institutions.Greening International Law assesses the extent to which the international community has so far adapted to address environmental problems, and examines the fundamental changes needed to the structure and organisation of the legal system and its institutions. The contributors to this volume have all played a central role in the development of international environmental law over the past decade, and their ess

Bowett's Law of International Institutions provides an introductory overview of the law of international institutions, covering the major organisations and explaining their role and governing law. Key Features Covers all the major global, regional and judicial institutions such as the UN, the IMF, the WTO, the ICJ, the International Tribunal for the Law of Sea, the ICC and the ICTs as well as the EU and Council of Europe Includes coverage of International organisations that regulate aspects of development such as: environmental, administrative, judicial, trade, economic or criminal Split into three parts, part one describes the global institutions and then the regional institutions, part two addresses the various functions of international organisations and part three considers the four sets of common institutional problems Table of Contents General Introduction Part I: Overview of existing International Institutions The United Nations UN Specialised Agencies Other autonomous organisations Regional Institutions: Introduction European Organisations The Americas and Caribbean Asia The Middle East Africa Part II: The function of International Organisations Legislative or normative function Executive and administrative functions Judicial and quasi-judicial function Part III: Common Institutional Problems Law governing the activities of International Organisations Legal Personality Membership and representation of members Financial aspects

This book provides a comparative analysis of environmental regulation in multi-jurisdictional legal and political systems, focusing on the United States, the European Union, and the international community. Each of these systems must deal with environmental interdependencies that cross local borders, in some cases creating regional problems, such as acid deposition, ozone type smog, and pollution of shared water bodies. Some transjurisdictional environmental problems are global, including stratospheric ozone depletion, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity. Other environmental problems, however, are localised in their effect on health and the environment.