Sovereignty Over Natural Resources: Balancing Rights and Duties

by Nico Schrijver

Book Overview

In modern international law, permanent sovereignty over natural resources has come to entail duties as well as rights. This study analyses the evolution of permanent sovereignty from a political claim to a principle of international law, and examines its significance for a number of controversial issues such as people's rights, nationalization and environmental conservation. Although political discussion has long focused on the rights arising from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521047447
• ISBN13: 9780521047449
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"