Chapter 7 - Extra Case Study



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Extra Case study for chapter 7: International Trans-boundary Pollution

Legal:           
For an introduction to transboundary pollution law, see Phoebe Okowa, State Responsibility for Transboundary Air Pollution in International Law (2000), and International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Shared Resources: Issues of Governance (2009) available from the IUCN website (http://www.iucn.org).  See also Noah Hall, ‘Transboundary Pollution: Harmonizing International and Domestic Law’ (2007) 40 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 681, which includes a good introduction to the history of this legal area. 

For the recent judgement by the International Court of Justice in the Pulp Mill Case (Argentina v Uruguay) see www.icj-cij.org

Policy & Science:           
For more on the scientific problem and its policy responses, see Peringe Greenfelt and John Munthe, ‘Current and Future Issues in Transboundary Air Pollution Science and Policy’ (2005) 34(1) AMBIO – a Journal of the Human Environment 1, and Paul Chambers and Richard Jensen, ‘Transboundary Air Pollution, Environmental Aid, and Political Uncertainty’ (2002) 43(1) Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 93.

For more regional-specific analyses, see Keith Bull, Matti Johansson and Michal Krzyzanowski, ‘Impacts of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Air Quality in Europe’ (2008) 71(1) Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health 51; Michelle Bergin et al, ‘Environmental Reform, Technology Policy and Transboundary Pollution in Hong Kong’ (2006) 37(1) Development and Change 145; Zachary Tyler, ‘Transboundary Water Pollution in China: An Analysis of the Failure of the Legal Framework to Protect Downstream Jurisdictions’ (2006) 19 Columbia Journal of Asian Law 572; Alan Khee-Jin Tan, ‘The ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution: Prospects for Compliance and Effectiveness in Post-Suharto Indonesia’ (2005) 13 New York University Environmental Law Journal 647.


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