Sustainable development as a principle of international law : : resolving conflicts between climate measures and WTO law / / by Christina Voigt.

This volume provides a framework for the doctrinal foundation of sustainable development as a principle of integration in international law. The work departs from the fragmented nature of the international legal system, a system that lacks integrative principles for creating coherent relations betwe...

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Superior document:Legal aspects of sustainable development, v. 2
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Legal aspects of sustainable development ; v. 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (452 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Origins and development of the concept of sustainable development in international law
  • Integration as a central aspect of sustainable development
  • The international climate regime
  • Sustainable development in the context of international climate change law
  • Sustainable development in WTO context
  • Sustainable development as a general principle of law
  • Fragmentation of international law : the origin of normative conflicts
  • Climate measures and WTO law : general comments
  • International emissions trading and WTO rules
  • The clean development mechanism and WTO rules
  • Concluding remarks on part II
  • Is there a need for the principle of sustainable development in WTO dispute settlement?
  • Principles of conflict resolution
  • Applicability of non-WTO law in WTO dispute settlement
  • Applicability of the principle of sustainable development in WTO dispute settlement
  • Application of the principle of sustainable development : practical consequences
  • 'Case' studies : CDM and emissions trading
  • Final conclusions.