International Courts and Environmental Protection

Tim Stephens is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. He specialises in international environmental law, dispute settlement and the law of the sea. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Sydney, and an MPhil in Geography from the University of Cambridge.

• Introduction; Part I. International Courts and Environmental Governance: 1. The patchwork of jurisdictions; 2. Institutions of international environmental governance; 3. International courts and environmental governance; Part II. Judicial Development: 4. Transboundary environmental damage; 5. Freshwater resources and ecosystems; 6. Marine wildlife and ecosystems; Part III. Contemporary Challenges: 7. Public interest proceedings; 8. Jurisdictional coordination; 9. Fragmentation of international environmental law; 10. The future of international environmental litigation.

'… likely to appeal to any academic interested in questions of international governance, and particularly to those with an interest in the international environmental aspects of governance. It should, however, also appeal to those with more traditional interests in the development of jurisprudence in and by different courts and tribunals … This book performs a very significant function in that it ably maps the current role of courts and tribunals in international environmental protection.' Elizabeth Kirk, Journal of Human Rights and the Environment