Titre :	The emerging structure of International environmental law
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Edith Brown Weiss, Auteur
Année de publication :	1999
Importance :	p 98-115
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	SCIENCES SOCIALES
Mots-clés :	DROIT INTERNATIONAL  ENVIRONNEMENT  POLITIQUE INTERNATIONALE  POLITIQUE DE RESPONSABILISATION
Résumé :	Peace, in general, established a new international order, based on sovereign, independent and territorialy defined states, each striving to maintain political independence and territorial integrity. Since a state could rely on self-help if attacked, new rules were needed to constrain state behavior. In this view, international law is instrumentalist and it affects behavior and the interests of states by altering incentives. It does not admit easily that states' interests may change over time in response to events today.It adopts the realist school view that states are monolithic bodies and does not assign importance to entities within states, trnasnational entities or individuals. This classical framwork of international law centers on states, relies on binding legal instruments to provide solutions to clearly defined problems and assumes that states comply with the obligations they have assumed. The line between international and domestic law is sharply drawn as is that between public and private international law.Public international law governs intergovernmental relations, while private international law regulates the activities of individuals, corporations and private entities engaged in transborder transactions (choice of law rules, rules relating to international transactions, such as shipping terms and letters of credit). The international system is rapidly changing and with it the structure of international law. Two changes have profound implications for the structure of international law : the simultaneous push toward integration and fragmentation; and the rise of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals as relevant actors.
Numéro du document :	A/RI
Niveau Bibliographique :	2
Bull1 (Theme principale) :	RELATION INTERNATIONALE
Bull2 (Theme secondaire) :	ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE

The emerging structure of International environmental law [texte imprimé] / Edith Brown Weiss, Auteur . - 1999 . - p 98-115.
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	SCIENCES SOCIALES
Mots-clés :	DROIT INTERNATIONAL  ENVIRONNEMENT  POLITIQUE INTERNATIONALE  POLITIQUE DE RESPONSABILISATION
Résumé :	Peace, in general, established a new international order, based on sovereign, independent and territorialy defined states, each striving to maintain political independence and territorial integrity. Since a state could rely on self-help if attacked, new rules were needed to constrain state behavior. In this view, international law is instrumentalist and it affects behavior and the interests of states by altering incentives. It does not admit easily that states' interests may change over time in response to events today.It adopts the realist school view that states are monolithic bodies and does not assign importance to entities within states, trnasnational entities or individuals. This classical framwork of international law centers on states, relies on binding legal instruments to provide solutions to clearly defined problems and assumes that states comply with the obligations they have assumed. The line between international and domestic law is sharply drawn as is that between public and private international law.Public international law governs intergovernmental relations, while private international law regulates the activities of individuals, corporations and private entities engaged in transborder transactions (choice of law rules, rules relating to international transactions, such as shipping terms and letters of credit). The international system is rapidly changing and with it the structure of international law. Two changes have profound implications for the structure of international law : the simultaneous push toward integration and fragmentation; and the rise of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals as relevant actors.
Numéro du document :	A/RI
Niveau Bibliographique :	2
Bull1 (Theme principale) :	RELATION INTERNATIONALE
Bull2 (Theme secondaire) :	ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE