Reconciling Environment and Trade

Professor Edith Brown Weiss is the Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law at Georgetown University Law Center and the former President of the American Society of International Law. She served as the Chairperson of the World Bank Inspection Panel from 2003-2007. Professor John H. Jackson is University Professor at Georgetown University Law Center and Hessel E. Yntema Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Michigan School of Law. He served as General Counsel for the Office of the President's Special Representative for Trade General Counsel, Office of United States Special Trade Representative from 1973-1974. Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder is Managing Attorney at the Geneva office of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).

CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR FIRST EDITION: "Reconciling Environment and Trade" is clearly a superior work in the field of environment and trade, and one of the more interesting works in international law. . . . The book is highly recommended for professors, researchers and practitioners interested in the recent debates related to international law, environment and trade. By bringing together a considerable amount of new research, as well as introducing new approaches to key issues, the book proves to be both thought-provoking and encouraging to readers and practitioners in this field. . . . The editors have put issues and disputes that we see and read about every day into a context that both professionals and ordinary people can not only understand, but relate to. This takes experience and formidable understanding, and is a rare talent, indeed. "Reconciling Environment and Trade" makes it clear . . . that international environmental law is not dying, but changing-and changing rapidly. With this book, one gets the feeling that international law is reinventing itself, thanks in large part to the ability of the editors to frame and describe the issues in a new light. - Glen Paoletto, "Book Review," International Review for Environmental Strategies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2001): 186-88. "Reconciling Environment and Trade" is a timely and important treatment of the complex and critical issues surrounding the relationships between international trade law and international environmental law. The editors are leading figures in their fields, and their deep and broad knowledge is evident throughout the work. Somewhere in this giant book, the contributors impressively address almost every conceivable issue that the trade/environment clashes raise. . . - Joseph F.C. DiMento, "Books of Note," Environment (March 2003): 36. . . . [M]uch needed guidance and insight on the significant issues alive in environmental-international law. - Environmental Law, Vol. 31, Issue 4 (2001): 1108. This book exemplifies the clash between trade and the environment. . . . [U]ers of this volume will be well prepared to practically face the problems presented by the global nature of the challenge. - Edward J. Bander, Bimonthly Review of Law Books (July-August 2001): 19. "Notable" book, Internatinal Law & Trade Perspective, Vol. 27, No. 7 (July 2001): 19.