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Abstract: How and why do international environmental norms arise? In what ways (and to what extent) do they affect behavior? Do they change what states and individuals actually do, and, if so, why? How effective are they in solving international environmental problems? These are the fundamental questions we explore in a new, revised and updated, edition of THE ART AND CRAFT OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, which will be published by Oxford University Press this spring.
The new edition covers developments in the 13 years since the first edition was published. It includes new chapters addressing the growing role of environmental NGOs and the increasingly complex architecture of environmental law, involving multiple institutions, levels of governance, and actors. It incorporates recent research on treaty design and policy implementation and effectiveness. And it gives greater attention to the role of the judiciary in standard-setting, implementation, and enforcement.
“What Is International Environmental Law?” is the introductory chapter and gives a flavor of the approach taken by the book as a whole. Using an encounter with an NGO fundraiser as a jumping off point, the chapter explores the scope of international environmental law as well three different perspectives on its study. The goal is to provide general readers and specialists alike with a real-world perspective on how international environmental works - and sometimes doesn’t work.
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