Regional Environmental Law

Edited by Werner Scholtz, Professor of Global Environmental Law, Head of School, Southampton Law School, University of Southampton, UK and Jonathan Verschuuren, Professor of International and European Environmental Law, Tilburg University, the Netherlands

Contents:

1. Introduction
Werner Scholtz and Jonathan Verschuuren

PART ITHE AFRICAN UNION (AU)
2. Introduction to Regional Environmental Law of the African Union
Hennie Strydom

3. Africa and Climate Change: Legal Perspectives from the AU
Daniel M. Pallangyo and Werner Scholtz

4. Sustainable Development of SADC’s Watercourses: The IncoMaputo River Basin Agreement of 2002
Michelle Barnard and Willem Daniël Lubbe

5. Human Rights and the Environment in the African Union Context
Werner Scholtz

PART IITHE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS)
6. Introduction to Environmental Law in the Americas
Claudia S. de Windt and Marcos A. Orellana

7. The Contribution of the Inter-American Human Rights System to Sustainable Development
Anna Meijknecht

8. Sustainable Water Resource Management and the Amazon Basin
Beatriz Garcia and Jorge Thierry Calasans

PART III ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN)
9. Introduction to ASEAN Regional Environmental Law
Ben Boer

10. ASEAN: The Singapore Declaration on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment, 2007 and Beyond
Koh Kheng-Lian and Lovleen Bhullar

PART IVEUROPEAN UNION (EU) LAW
11. Introduction to European Union Environmental Law
Ludwig Krämer

12. EU Climate Change Law: A Credible Example?
Javier de Cendra de Larragán

13. Contribution of the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights to Sustainable Development in Europe
Jonathan Verschuuren

14. A Comparative Analysis of the Legal Frameworks that Govern Europe’s Transboundary Waters
Owen McIntyre

Index