Birnie, Boyle, and Redgwell's International Law and the Environment

Alan Boyle is Professor of Public International Law at University of Edinburgh. He was General Editor of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly from 1998 until 2006 and occasionally practises in the International Court of Justice and other international tribunals, mainly in environmental and law of the sea cases. Catherine Redgwell is Chichele Professor of Public International Law at All Souls College, University of Oxford. She is Joint Editor of the British Year Book of International Law and Co-Editor of Oxford Monographs in International Law. The late Patricia Birnie was a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics. She was one of the world's foremost international environmental lawyers; her advice was sought by prominent NGOs such as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and by various governments in her lifetime.

International law and the environmentInternational governance and the formulation of environmental law and policyRights and obligations of states concerning protection of the environmentInterstate enforcement: state responsibility, treaty compliance, and dispute settlementNon-state actors: environmental rights, liability, and crimesClimate change and atmospheric pollutionThe law of the sea and protection of the marine environmentInternational regulation of toxic substancesNuclear energy and the environmentInternational watercourses: environmental protection and sustainable useConservation of nature, ecosystems, and biodiversityConservation of migratory and land-based species and biodiversityConservation of marine living resources and biodiversityInternational trade and environmental protection