Search for dissertations about: "international environmental law"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words international environmental law.

2. 1. Environmental Policy Space and International Investment Law

   Author : Åsa Romson; Jonas Ebbesson; Ole Kristian Fauchald; Mads Andenæs; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; policy space; environmental law; international investment law; IIA; fair and equitable treatment; legitimate expectations; national treatment; indirect expropriation; chilling effect; miljörätt; Environmental Law;

   Abstract : This dissertation analyses the implications of international investment law on host states’ legal ability to protect the environment, regulate sustainable use of natural resources, and develop new approaches to manage environmental risks and uncertainties. ‘Environmental policy space’ is found to be a useful term when exploring the regulatory autonomy in this context. READ MORE

4. 2. Prior informed consent and hazardous trade : Regulating trade in hazardous goods at the intersection of sovereignty, free trade and environmental protection

   Author : David Langlet; Said Mahmoudi; Günther Handl; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; informed consent; PIC; trade bans; effective sovereignty; environmental law; free-trade law; hazardous substances; wastes; chemicals; GMOs; Environmental law; Miljörätt; miljörätt; Environmental Law;

   Abstract : This dissertation analyses international and to some extent domestic law pertaining to trade in hazardous substances. Hazardous trade regulation is found to promote or accommodate three objectives in particular: the strengthening of the ability of (importing) States to exercise control of transboundary flows of hazardous substances; the protection of human health and environment; and the avoidance of impediments to the free flow of goods. READ MORE

5. 3. Interaction and Delimitation of International Legal Orders

   Author : Maria Fogdestam Agius; Iain Cameron; Inger Österdahl; Geir Ulfstein; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Fragmentation of international law; self-contained regimes; international legal orders; international courts and tribunals; regime interaction; WTO law; EU law; law of the sea; environmental law; Public International Law; Folkrätt;

   Abstract : This dissertation concerns developments in international law which are occurring as a result of a coexistence of different regimes for adjudication.  It traces the processes through which a treaty regime may develop into an autonomous legal order and considers the formation of relationships between international tribunals operating in regime contexts that embed certain values, political ideals and structural biases. READ MORE

6. 4. The significance of the default : A study in environmental law methodology with emphasis on ecological sustainability and international biodiversity law

   Author : Aðalheiður Jóhannsdóttir; Staffan Westerlund; Jonas Ebbesson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental law; international law; international biodiversity law; environmental law methodology; the default of law; Environmental law; Miljörätt;

   Abstract : The legal operationalisation of ecological sustainability concerns all levels of legal control. The ensuring of full biodiversity is an indispensible component of ecological sustainability. At the same time, biodiversity losses continue to be a serious problem in many regions of the world. READ MORE

7. 5. The Legal Status of Non-Governmental Organisations in International Law

   Author : Anna-Karin Lindblom; Philippe Sands; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Law; NGOs; non-governmental organisations; subjects of international law; international legal personality; non-state actors; rättsvetenskap; juridik; icke-statliga organisationer; NGO:s; folkrättssubjekt; folkrättssubjektivitet; icke-statliga aktörer; LAW JURISPRUDENCE; RÄTTSVETENSKAP JURIDIK; Private International Law; Internationell privaträtt;

   Abstract : Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are increasingly the subject of public debate, and it is often asserted that they play an informal role within the international legal system. At the same time, the classical concepts related to the subjects of international law seem to be constructed for a situation where non-state actors have no or limited international legal personality. READ MORE