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Greening International Law. Edited by Philippe Sands. London: Earthscan Publications Limited, 1993. Pp. xxvi, 253. Index. Paper, £15.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

David A. Wirth
David A. Wirth*
Affiliation:
Washington and Lee University School of Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 89 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 244 - 247
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1995

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* A U.S. edition of Greening International Law (The New Press, Oct. 1994) includes an extended introduction by Philippe Sands and new chapters by Daniel Bodansky, S. Jacob Scherr & Jared E. Blumenfeld, Richard Tarasofsky and Alberto Szekely. Five related documents, from the Stockholm Convention to chapters from Agenda 21, are included as appendices.

1 See World Commission on Environment and Development, Our Common Future (1987).

2 UN Doc. A/CONF.151/5/Rev.1 (1992), reprinted in 31 ILM 876 (1992).

3 For example, Principle 12 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, supra note 2, as advocated by a number of developing countries, specifies that “[u]nilateral actions to deal with environmental challenges outside the jurisdiction of the importing country should be avoided. Environmental measures addressing transboundary or global environmental problems should, as far as possible, be based on an international consensus.” The United States in response recorded an interpretive statement clarifying that, “in certain situations, trade measures may provide an effective and appropriate means of addressing environmental concerns, including … environmental concerns outside national jurisdiction, subject to certain disciplines.” See Jeffrey D. Kovar, A Short Guide to the Rio Declaration, 4 Colo. J. Int’l Envtl. L. & Pol’y 119, 132–33 (1993).

4 See Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility, reprinted in 33 ILM 1273 (1994); Documents Concerning the Establishment of the Global Environment Facility, reprinted in 30 ILM 1735 (1991) (initial pilot phase).