Titlebook: International Environmental “soft law”; The Functions and Li Jürgen Friedrich Book 2013 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissensch

reject

Book 2013Intended as a read for both practitioners and academics, this book provides a comprehensive treatise of the characteristics, the potential and the limits of nonbinding instruments in international environmental law and governance. An extensive overview and typology of nonbinding instruments as well

Psychogenic

Jürgen FriedrichComprehensive overview, many examples and in-depth case studies provide rich reference material for both practice and research.Analysis of functions and limits will enable decision-makers to take more

Ornithologist

寒冷

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-44946-8Compliance; Environmental governance; International environmental law; Legally nonbinding instruments; L

通便

高调

, Nonbinding instruments in international practice,Nonbinding instruments are as ubiquitous in international relations as they are diverse. The following overview attempts to present some of the most important instruments prescribing norms of behaviour in the field of sustainable development.

HUSH

overture

, The legitimacy of nonbinding instruments,The Common Rules of Procedure of the German Federal Ministries explicitly provide that each ministry should always verify whether the negotiation of a treaty is unavoidable or whether the pursued purpose can also be achieved by an arrangement below the level of binding international law.

祖先

, Concluding summary,Many of today’s activities of international institutions – be it traditional international organisations or treaty bodies of Multilateral Environmental Agreements – involve the use of some kind of nonbinding instrument.

FLAIL

978-3-662-52525-8Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. 2013