Edith Brown Weiss
Biographic Data
| ID | 5696454 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edith Brown Weiss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edith Brown |
| FAMILY NAME | Weiss |
| SIGNATURE | WEISS E B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-2536-6348 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reflections on the Structure of International Environmental Law after Half a Century
We inhabit a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene – in which humans are the major force affecting the Earth System, with potentially catastrophic results. We also live in a kaleidoscopic world with many actors, in addition to states, many different legal instruments and abrupt, rapid changes in issues and coalitions. Increasingly, we face problems of commons and public goods at multiple geographical levels. This is the reality that internation…
The Coming Water Crisis: A Common Concern of Humankind
This essay argues that fresh water, its availability and use, should now be recognized as 'a common concern of humankind', much as climate change was recognized as a 'common concern of humankind' in the1992United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and conservation of biodiversity was recognized as a 'common concern of humankind' in the1992Convention on Biological Diversity. This would respond to the many linkages between what happens…
To the Editor in Chief
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Invoking State Responsibility in the Twenty-first Century
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the international community is globalizing, integrating, and fragmenting, all at the same time. States continue to be central, but many other actors have also become important: international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, corporations, ad hoc transnational groups both legitimate and illicit, and individuals. For the year 2000, the Yearbook of International Organizations reports that the…
Global environmental change and international law
Environment and Trade as Partners in Sustainable Development: A Commentary
Trade is not an end in itself; rather, it is a means to an end. The end is environmentally sustainable economic development. So viewed, there are legitimate constraints on trading patterns and practices that are necessary to ensure that the “instrument of trade” leads to environmentally sustainable development. Measures needed to protect the environment cannot be forsworn simply because they may adversely affect free trading relationships
Our Rights and Obligations to Future Generations for the Environment
This we know: the earth does not belong to man: man belongs to the earth. ... Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life: he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. Chief Seattle † We read every day about the desecration of our environment and the mismanagement of our natural resources. We have always had the capacity to wreck the environment on a small or even r…
The Theory of Intergenerational Equity
In Fairness to Future Generations: International Law, Common Patrimony, and Intergenerational Equity
The New Nationalism and the Use of Common Spaces: Issues in Marine Pollution and the Exploration of Antarctica, by Johnathan I. Charney
Principles for international agreement
Outer Space and Inner Sanctums: Government, Business, and Satellite Communication, by Michael Kinsley
Weather control: An instrument for war
International responses to weather modification
In the past few decades we have been improving our understanding of the weather system and exploring ways to modify it. Over sixty countries have experimented with modifying the weather. The new technology of weather and climate modification will raise important political problems which will demand new responses from the international community. Whether states will be able to establish the cooperative measures necessary to develop and manage new …
The East German Social Courts: Development and Comparison with China
Journal Article The East German Social Courts: Development and Comparison with China Get access Edith Brown Weiss Edith Brown Weiss 1Edith Brown Wkiss is Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Science in Human Affairs, Columbia University. This is a revised version of a paper prepared for the North East Slavic Conference in Montreal, Quebec, 6 May 1971. The author is grateful to Professors David Daube, Peter Liidz, and Jerome Cohen for th…
Our Rights and Obligations to Future Generations for the Environment
This we know: the earth does not belong to man: man belongs to the earth. ... Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life: he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. Chief Seattle † We read every day about the desecration of our environment and the mismanagement of our natural resources. We have always had the capacity to wreck the environment on a small or even r…
Invoking State Responsibility in the Twenty-first Century
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the international community is globalizing, integrating, and fragmenting, all at the same time. States continue to be central, but many other actors have also become important: international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, corporations, ad hoc transnational groups both legitimate and illicit, and individuals. For the year 2000, the Yearbook of International Organizations reports that the…
Environment and Trade as Partners in Sustainable Development: A Commentary
Trade is not an end in itself; rather, it is a means to an end. The end is environmentally sustainable economic development. So viewed, there are legitimate constraints on trading patterns and practices that are necessary to ensure that the “instrument of trade” leads to environmentally sustainable development. Measures needed to protect the environment cannot be forsworn simply because they may adversely affect free trading relationships
The Coming Water Crisis: A Common Concern of Humankind
This essay argues that fresh water, its availability and use, should now be recognized as 'a common concern of humankind', much as climate change was recognized as a 'common concern of humankind' in the1992United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and conservation of biodiversity was recognized as a 'common concern of humankind' in the1992Convention on Biological Diversity. This would respond to the many linkages between what happens…
Global environmental change and international law
The New Nationalism and the Use of Common Spaces: Issues in Marine Pollution and the Exploration of Antarctica, by Johnathan I. Charney
Principles for international agreement
Weather control: An instrument for war
International responses to weather modification
In the past few decades we have been improving our understanding of the weather system and exploring ways to modify it. Over sixty countries have experimented with modifying the weather. The new technology of weather and climate modification will raise important political problems which will demand new responses from the international community. Whether states will be able to establish the cooperative measures necessary to develop and manage new …
The East German Social Courts: Development and Comparison with China
Journal Article The East German Social Courts: Development and Comparison with China Get access Edith Brown Weiss Edith Brown Weiss 1Edith Brown Wkiss is Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Science in Human Affairs, Columbia University. This is a revised version of a paper prepared for the North East Slavic Conference in Montreal, Quebec, 6 May 1971. The author is grateful to Professors David Daube, Peter Liidz, and Jerome Cohen for th…
The East German Social Courts: Development and Comparison with China
Journal Article The East German Social Courts: Development and Comparison with China Get access Edith Brown Weiss Edith Brown Weiss 1Edith Brown Wkiss is Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Science in Human Affairs, Columbia University. This is a revised version of a paper prepared for the North East Slavic Conference in Montreal, Quebec, 6 May 1971. The author is grateful to Professors David Daube, Peter Liidz, and Jerome Cohen for th…
Weather control: An instrument for war
International responses to weather modification
In the past few decades we have been improving our understanding of the weather system and exploring ways to modify it. Over sixty countries have experimented with modifying the weather. The new technology of weather and climate modification will raise important political problems which will demand new responses from the international community. Whether states will be able to establish the cooperative measures necessary to develop and manage new …
Outer Space and Inner Sanctums: Government, Business, and Satellite Communication, by Michael Kinsley
Principles for international agreement
The New Nationalism and the Use of Common Spaces: Issues in Marine Pollution and the Exploration of Antarctica, by Johnathan I. Charney
The Theory of Intergenerational Equity
In Fairness to Future Generations: International Law, Common Patrimony, and Intergenerational Equity
Our Rights and Obligations to Future Generations for the Environment
This we know: the earth does not belong to man: man belongs to the earth. ... Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life: he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. Chief Seattle † We read every day about the desecration of our environment and the mismanagement of our natural resources. We have always had the capacity to wreck the environment on a small or even r…
Global environmental change and international law
Environment and Trade as Partners in Sustainable Development: A Commentary
Trade is not an end in itself; rather, it is a means to an end. The end is environmentally sustainable economic development. So viewed, there are legitimate constraints on trading patterns and practices that are necessary to ensure that the “instrument of trade” leads to environmentally sustainable development. Measures needed to protect the environment cannot be forsworn simply because they may adversely affect free trading relationships
Invoking State Responsibility in the Twenty-first Century
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the international community is globalizing, integrating, and fragmenting, all at the same time. States continue to be central, but many other actors have also become important: international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, corporations, ad hoc transnational groups both legitimate and illicit, and individuals. For the year 2000, the Yearbook of International Organizations reports that the…
To the Editor in Chief
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
The Coming Water Crisis: A Common Concern of Humankind
This essay argues that fresh water, its availability and use, should now be recognized as 'a common concern of humankind', much as climate change was recognized as a 'common concern of humankind' in the1992United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and conservation of biodiversity was recognized as a 'common concern of humankind' in the1992Convention on Biological Diversity. This would respond to the many linkages between what happens…
Reflections on the Structure of International Environmental Law after Half a Century
We inhabit a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene – in which humans are the major force affecting the Earth System, with potentially catastrophic results. We also live in a kaleidoscopic world with many actors, in addition to states, many different legal instruments and abrupt, rapid changes in issues and coalitions. Increasingly, we face problems of commons and public goods at multiple geographical levels. This is the reality that internation…
Political science (13 works) · Law (11 works) · Law (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Environmental law and policy (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Coastal and Marine Management (3 works) · Engineering (3 works)