Offshore oil and gas development in the Arctic under international law : risk and responsibility
Environmental law Environmental law, International Petroleum law and legislation Arctic regions sähkökirjat International law LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
Brill
2015
EISBN 9789004283398
Introduction.
Drilling in the arctic.
Identifying international environmental law.
The right to resources and the no harm principle.
Human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples.
Caution and precaution.
The environmental impact assessment.
Monitoring and follow-up.
Legal consequences of failures to protect the environment.
State responsibility for wrongful conduct.
Liability for damage in the absence of a state's wrongful conduct.
The extent and limitations of international law in the marine arctic.
"Offshore Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic under International Law explores the international legal frame work for hydrocarbon development in the marine Arctic. It presents an assessment of the careful balance between States' sovereign rights to their resources, their obligations to uphold the rights of Arctic inhabitants and their duty to prevent injury to other States. It examines the rights of indigenous and other Arctic populations, the precautionary approach, the environmental impact assessment and the duty to monitor offshore hydrocarbon activities. It also analyses the application of the international law of responsibility in the event that the State fails to meet its primary obligations and potential liability in the absence of a State's wrongful conduct"--Provided by publisher.
Drilling in the arctic.
Identifying international environmental law.
The right to resources and the no harm principle.
Human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples.
Caution and precaution.
The environmental impact assessment.
Monitoring and follow-up.
Legal consequences of failures to protect the environment.
State responsibility for wrongful conduct.
Liability for damage in the absence of a state's wrongful conduct.
The extent and limitations of international law in the marine arctic.
"Offshore Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic under International Law explores the international legal frame work for hydrocarbon development in the marine Arctic. It presents an assessment of the careful balance between States' sovereign rights to their resources, their obligations to uphold the rights of Arctic inhabitants and their duty to prevent injury to other States. It examines the rights of indigenous and other Arctic populations, the precautionary approach, the environmental impact assessment and the duty to monitor offshore hydrocarbon activities. It also analyses the application of the international law of responsibility in the event that the State fails to meet its primary obligations and potential liability in the absence of a State's wrongful conduct"--Provided by publisher.
