The book sets out how a coastal state under international law could regulate international shipping where vessels pose a significant risk to their coastal and marine environment. The book argues that the use of of the precautionary principle would allow states to intervene where they consider vessels to be an unacceptable risk to the environment, in order to prevent or minimise the riskof occurrence of an accident or incident leading to environmental damage.
- ISBN: 978-0-415-67191-0
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 15/09/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés