The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment by Neil Craik

The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment by Neil Craik

The central idea animating environmental impact assessment (EIA) is that decisions affecting the environment should be made through a comprehensive evaluation of predicted impacts. Notwithstanding their evaluative mandate, EIA processes do not impose specific environmental standards, but rely on the creation of open, participatory and information rich decision-making settings to bring about environmentally benign outcomes. In light of this tension between process and substance, Neil Craik assesses whether EIA, as a method of implementing international environmental law, is a sound policy strategy, and how international EIA commitments structure transnational interactions in order to influence decisions affecting the international environment. Through a comprehensive description of international EIA commitments and their implementation with domestic and transnational governance structures, and drawing on specific examples of transnational EIA processes, the author examines how international EIA commitments can facilitate interest coordination, and provide opportunities for persuasion and for the internalisation of international environmental norms.

Review of the hardback: 'Whether interested in theory or practice, the contribution of international EIA norms to process, substance and integration is admirably documented and analysed in this book, which is a significant addition to the literature on EIA and the law at all levels' Simon Marsden, Journal of Environmental Conservation

Neil Craik is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick.

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ISBN 13	9780521879453
ISBN 10	0521879450
Titel	The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment
Autor	Neil Craik
Serie	Cambridge Studies In International And Comparative Law
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2008-02-21
Seitenanzahl	358
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