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Selected Books
Based in different developed and developing countries, in 2008-2009 CISDL members published several books on a variety of crosscutting areas. These books provide an extensive overview of recent trends in SD law, and promote the dialogue and research on this topic. Examples for these books include:
Peggy J. Blair, Lament for a First Nation: The Williams Treaties of Southern Ontario (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008).
Hans Christian Bugge & Christina Voigt, eds., Sustainable Development in International and National Law (Groningen: Europa Law Publishing, 2008).
Jorge Cabrera, Propiedad Intelectual, Biodiversidad y Comercio. Opciones para establecer sinergias entre los Acuerdos Ambientales y los Tratados de Comercio (Editorial Universidad Nacional Estatal a Distancia, 2009).
Michael Kerr, Richard Janda & Chip Pitts, Corporate Social Responsibility: A Legal Analysis (New York: LexisNexis, 2009).
Andrew Newcombe & Luis Paradell, Law and Practice of Investment Treaties: Standards of Treatment (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2009).
Charlotte Streck, Robert O’Sullivan, Toby Janson-Smith & Richard Tarasofsky, eds., Climate Change and Forests: Emerging Policy and Market Opportunities (Washington: Brookings Press, 2009).
Christina Voigt, Sustainable Development as a Principle of International Law - Resolving Conflicts between Climate Measures and WTO Law (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009).
Selected Book Chapters
In 2008-2009 CISDL members, with the help of CISDL Research Group, also contributed chapters to a variety of publications. Such chapters have enriched the global dialogue on this topic and helped to introduce sustainable development perspectives on a wide range of ongoing academic discussions. Examples of such chapters included:
Arild Angelsen, Leo Peskett & Charlotte Streck, “What is the Right Scale for REDD?” in Arild Angelsen, ed., Moving Ahead with REDD: Issues, Options and Implications (Bogor, Indonesia: CIFOR, 2008) 31-40.
MC Cordonier Segger & M Gehring, “Making Progress? Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and International Trade and Investment Law” in C. Streck & D. Freestone, eds., Legal Aspects of Carbon Trading: Kyoto, Copenhagen and Beyond (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009 – forthcoming).
MC Cordonier Segger, “International Law on Sustainable Development” in D. Armstrong, ed., Routledge Handbook of International Law (New York: Routledge, 2009).
MC Cordonier Segger, “Intersecting Implementation of Environment, Trade and Social Regimes” in T. Komori & K. Wellens, eds., Implementation of Rules Protecting Public Interests of the International Community: Towards Process-based Concepts of Effectiveness in International Law (Surrey: Ashgate Publishing, 2009)
MC Cordonier Segger, “Principles, Practices and Prospects: Sustainable Development through International Treaty Law” in Richard Janda, Sunnday Handa & David Johnston et al., eds., Sustainable Development in National and International Law (“Halsbury’s Laws of Canada Communications Markham” (2008) LexisNexis Canada).
Michael Dutschke, Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff & Charlotte Streck et al., “How do we match country needs with financing sources?” in A. Angelsen, ed., Moving Ahead with REDD: Issues, Options and Implications (Bogor, Indonesia: CIFOR, 2008) 41-52.
Duncan French, “GMO Regulation and International Law” in L. Bodiguel & M. Cardwell, eds., The Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms: Comparative Approaches (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).
Duncan French, “Sustainable Development” in M. Fitzmaurice & D. Ong, eds., Research Handbook of International Environmental Law (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2009). |
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