Sharing Transboundary Resources

International Law and Optimal Resource Use

Eyal Benvenisti (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

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Cambridge University Press
22 October 2002

Diplomatic law; Law of the sea; International environmental law; International maritime law

Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law

Why do states often fail to cooperate, using transboundary natural resources inefficiently and unsustainably? Benvenisti examines the contemporary international norms and policy recommendations that could provide incentives for states to cooperate. His approach is multi-disciplinary, proposing transnational institutions for the management of transboundary resources. Benvenisti takes a fresh approach to the problem, considering mismanagement as the link between domestic and international processes. As well, he explores reasons why some collective efforts to develop the international law on transnational ecosystems have failed, while others succeeded. This inquiry suggests that adjudicators need to be assertive in progressively developing the law, while relying on scientific knowledge more than on past practice. Global water policy issues seem set to remain a cause for concern for the foreseeable future; this study provides a new approach to the problem of freshwater, and will interest international environmentalists and lawyers, and international relations scholars and practitioners.

By: Eyal Benvenisti (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 23
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 570g
ISBN: 9780521640985
ISBN 10: 0521640989
Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 22 October 2002
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. The need for collective action in the management of transboundary resources; 2. States as collective actors; 3. The transnational conflict paradigm: structural failures and responses; 4. Transnational institutions for transboundary ecosystem management: defining the tasks and the constraints; 5. The structure and procedure of institutions for transboundary ecosystem management; 6. The development of positive international law on transboundary ecosystems: a critical analysis; 7. Efficiency, custom, and the evolution of the law; 8. Conclusion.

Eyal Benvenisti is Hersch Lauterpacht Professor of International Law and Director of the Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Reviews for Sharing Transboundary Resources: International Law and Optimal Resource Use

'This highly readable, intelligent, insightful, and deeply informative book will leave its mark on subsequent scholarship in the field ... Benvenisti has made important pathbreaking contributions with this book.' Connecticut Journal of International Law Professor Benvenisti's work provides a broad and thoughtful vision of the policies that should ideally underscore the management of shared transboundary resources. European Journal of International Law