Subjects:

Environmental Law

Contents:

International conventions

Decisions of judicial and arbitral tribunals

Introduction

Problems, principles and terminology

The principle of equitable utilization

The rule on prevention of significant harm

Equity and the utilization of shared natural resources

Factors relating to the equitable utilization of international watercourses

Environmental protection of international watercourses I: substantive rules of customary and general international law

Environmental protection of international watercourses II: procedural rules of customary and general international law

Conclusion: environmental protection as a factor in determining the equitable utilization of international watercourses

Bibliography

Index.

McIntyre's work explains the legal means by which requirements of environmental protection influence the determination of a reasonable and equitable regime for allocating rights to riparian states to utilize shared freshwater resources.

The work examines the means and processes by which environmental considerations can act upon the operation of the principle of equitable utilization. The volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the subject, outlining the development, scope and operation in general and customary international law of key rules of environmental protection.