Toxics and Transnational Law : International and European Regulation of Toxic Substances as Legal Symbolism (Hardcover)

PART I. INTRODUCTION 1. Toxic Substances as an Object of Transnational Environmental Regulation 2. Law as an Instrument of International Environmental Policy PART II. TOXIC SUBSTANCES IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS: THE REGULATION OF TOXIC EMISSIONS IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT 3. Transboundary Pollution of the Aquatic Environment by Toxic Substances from Industrial Processes and Products: The Problem and its Perception 4. The Land-Based Sources Regime for the North Sea and North East Atlantic 5. The Baltic Land-Based Sources Regime: The 1974 and 1992 Helsinki Conventions on the Protection of The Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area 6. The Mediterranean Land-Based Sources Regime: The 1976 Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution and its Protocols 7. The Regulation of Emissions of Dangerous Substances in International Watercourses 8. The Regulation of Emissions of Dangerous Substances into the Aquatic Environment under European Community Law 9. The Interaction between International Law and European Community Law: The Participation of the European Community in International Conventions Concerning Emissions of Dangerous Substances in the Aquatic Environment PART III. TOXIC SUBSTANCES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE: THE REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN PESTICIDES 10. Health and Environment Effects in the Third World of Inadequately Regulated Pesticide Trade and Use: The Problem and its Perception 11. The 'Soft' Response Model: United States Legislation on the Export of Banned and Severely Restricted Pesticides 12. The First Phase of International Regulatory Efforts: From 'Hard' Soft Law to 'Soft' Hard Law? 13. The Second Phase of International Regulatory Efforts: Towards a Consensus on Prior Informed Consent 14. The Third Phase of International Regulatory Efforts: From 'Hard' Soft Law to 'Soft' Hard Law? 15. The Implementation of International Norms by the European Community: Community Regulation of Hazardous Chemical Exports 16. The Implementation of International Norms by the United States: The Evolution of National Law and Policy PART IV. OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS 17. The Regulation of Toxic Emissions in the Aquatic Environment: A Regime Appraisal 18. The Regulation of International Trade in Pesticides: A Regime Appraisal 19. Transnational Environmental Law Between Legal Instrumentalism and Legal Symbolism