Natural Resources and International Law - Developments and Challenges

Michael Lysander Fremuth is Professor at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law of the University of Vienna and Scientific Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights, Vienna, Austria.Jörn Griebel is Professor of Public Law and International Economic Law at the University of Siegen, Germany.Robert Heinsch is Associate Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies and Director of its Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

• Ch. 1 Energy as a Resource for Sustainable Development Ch. 2 Securing of Resources as a Valid Reason for Using Force? A Pre-Emptive Defence of the Prohibition on the Use of ForceCh. 3 Integrating Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources into International Mining Law Ch. 4 Extractives for DevelopmentCh. 5 Resource Mining and Human Rights Ch. 6 Crimes against the Environment? The Deliberate Destruction of the Natural Environment and Natural Resources during War Ch. 7 Resource Mining and Law of the Sea: Evolving Issues and Challenges for the Indian State Practice Ch. 8 Space Resources and Property Rights – Unilateral and Multilateral Approaches Ch. 9 Natural Resources and Investment Law, in particular Investor State Contracts Ch.10 Resources and Investment – Understanding and Misunderstanding the Friction between the Right to Regulate and Investor Protection Ch. 11 Reforming International Investment Treaties for an Equitable Natural Resource-Related Investment Governance Regime Ch. 12 Authority over Natural Resources: No End of Geography