Science and the Precautionary Principle in International Courts and Tribunals: Expert Evidence, Burden of Proof and Finality

by Caroline E. Foster

Book Overview

By canvassing a range of international scientific disputes, including the EC-Biotech and EC-Hormones disputes in the WTO, the case concerning Pulp Mills and the Gabc?kovo-Nagymaros case in the International Court of Justice, and the Mox Plant and Land Reclamation cases dealt with under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Caroline Foster examines how the precautionary principle can be accommodated within the rules about proof and evidence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107669030
• ISBN13: 9781107669031
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"