The Environmental Consequences of War - Legal, Economic, and Scientific Perspectives (Paperback)

The environmental devastation caused by military conflict has been witnessed in the wake of the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and the Kosovo conflict. This book brings together leading international lawyers, military officers, scientists and economists to examine the legal, political, economic and scientific implications of wartime damage to the natural environment and public health. The book considers issues raised by the application of humanitarian norms and legal rules designed to protect the environment, and the destructive nature of war. Contributors offer an analysis and critique of the existing law of war framework, lessons from peacetime environmental law, means of scientific assessment and economic valuation of ecological and public health damage, and proposals for future legal and institutional developments. This book provides a contemporary forum for interdisciplinary analysis of armed conflict and the environment, and explores ways to prevent and redress wartime environmental damage.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2007
First published:	September 2007
Editors:	Jay E. Austin • Carl E. Bruch
Dimensions:	228 x 154 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	712
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-04692-3
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > Environment law
LSN:	0-521-04692-0
Barcode:	9780521046923

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