The term "Global Commons" has usually referred to those parts of international space that are beyond national jurisdiction: the seabed, the troposp...

This book deals with the subject of environmental guidelines in more primitive and generalistic terms, indicating its universal applicability as um...

This book deals with the international guidelines relating to hazardous waste, organic pollutants and their movements to various areas by different...

The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, which was open for signature between December 1982 and December 1984, established a legal regime governi...

The establishment of international human rights has resulted in a radical change in the relation between minority groups and states. Modern democra...

The objective of this book is to provide readers and students with an integrated understanding of the global environmental regimes for the water re...

This book deals with international guidelines relating to the protection of the Ozone Layer, endangered species and World Heritage sites. The most ...

There is no legal instrument specifically designing peacekeeping operations. These operations form part of what legal science calls the subsidiary ...

Protectionism is the economic policy of restraining trade between states, through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, restrictive quotas, an...

Rapid changes in the price of oil and the impact of such price changes on economies around the globe have attracted considerable attention. In mid-...

Territorial disputes refer to disputes over territories that are claimed by two or more independent countries. The disputes may evolve from histori...

Although likely a small percentage of all people screened, the thousands of persons misidentified to the Terrorist Watch List can experience additi...

The goals of the National Environmental Policy Act are to declare a national environmental policy, provide federal agencies with action-forcing pro...

Trade liberalisation can enhance the economic welfare of all trade partners, but in adjusting to greater competition, many import- competing firms ...

This book makes an intensive review of the literature on trade liberalisation and its impacts on growth and distribution in developing countries. M...

Partner countries of free trade agreements (FTA) that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) selected -- the Dominican Republic-Central America...

Emerging trends indicate that the pace of economic espionage and trade secret theft against U.S. corporations is accelerating. There appears to be ...

The States Parties to this Convention, prompted by the desire to settle, in a spirit of mutual understanding and co-operation, all issues relating ...

This new fully indexed book includes bilateral treaties and other international agreements listed by country or other international entity with sub...