Günther Handl
Biographic Data
| ID | 5697444 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Günther Handl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Günther |
| FAMILY NAME | Handl |
| SIGNATURE | HANDL G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tulane University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Beyond Territoriality: Transnational Legal Authority in an Age of Globalization
Taking “extraterritoriality,” the traditional touchstone for the state-centered allocation of transnational legal authority, as its conceptual starting point the book traces the evolution of transnational legal authority in the course of globalization. It examines various representative transnational legal scenarios, covering issues of, inter alia, the environment, foreign trade and investment, corporate governance, criminal justice, cyberspace, …
The Legal Mandate of Multilateral Development Banks as Agents for Change Toward Sustainable Development
In its June 1997 review of the state of the global environment and the implementation of Agenda 21, five years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), the UN General Assembly drew a rather gloomy picture. While acknowledging that some progress toward sustainable development had been made, for example, in curbing pollution and slowing the rate of resource degradation in a number of countries, the Assembly’s repo…
International Efforts to Protect the Global Atmosphere: A Case of Too Little, Too Late
On 2 May 1989, at the first meeting of the parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1 all represented governments and the European Community signed a declaration of intent to phase out key ozone-depleting substances by the year 2000, to expand the range of controlled chemicals and to tighten the Protocol's time-schedule for compliance. 2 Thus, barely one and a half years after the signing of the Montreal Protoc…
State Liability for Accidental Transnational Environmental Damage by Private Persons
A striking feature of our times is that private individuals and corporations are engaging increasingly in activities that may result in significant accidental damage to the transnational environment. The international community has responded to this phenomenon by strengthening the transnational accountability of the private actors. Significant efforts have been made to obtain wide international acceptance of the principle of “equal right of acces…
Territorial Sovereignty and the Problem of Transnational Pollution
In the case concerning the legality of French atmospheric nuclear testing in the South Pacific presently before the ICJ, an issue has been raised of far-reaching implications for the general law of state responsibility for environmental damage
Territorial Sovereignty and the Problem of Transnational Pollution
In the case concerning the legality of French atmospheric nuclear testing in the South Pacific presently before the ICJ, an issue has been raised of far-reaching implications for the general law of state responsibility for environmental damage
The Legal Mandate of Multilateral Development Banks as Agents for Change Toward Sustainable Development
In its June 1997 review of the state of the global environment and the implementation of Agenda 21, five years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), the UN General Assembly drew a rather gloomy picture. While acknowledging that some progress toward sustainable development had been made, for example, in curbing pollution and slowing the rate of resource degradation in a number of countries, the Assembly’s repo…
State Liability for Accidental Transnational Environmental Damage by Private Persons
A striking feature of our times is that private individuals and corporations are engaging increasingly in activities that may result in significant accidental damage to the transnational environment. The international community has responded to this phenomenon by strengthening the transnational accountability of the private actors. Significant efforts have been made to obtain wide international acceptance of the principle of “equal right of acces…
Territorial Sovereignty and the Problem of Transnational Pollution
In the case concerning the legality of French atmospheric nuclear testing in the South Pacific presently before the ICJ, an issue has been raised of far-reaching implications for the general law of state responsibility for environmental damage
State Liability for Accidental Transnational Environmental Damage by Private Persons
A striking feature of our times is that private individuals and corporations are engaging increasingly in activities that may result in significant accidental damage to the transnational environment. The international community has responded to this phenomenon by strengthening the transnational accountability of the private actors. Significant efforts have been made to obtain wide international acceptance of the principle of “equal right of acces…
International Efforts to Protect the Global Atmosphere: A Case of Too Little, Too Late
On 2 May 1989, at the first meeting of the parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1 all represented governments and the European Community signed a declaration of intent to phase out key ozone-depleting substances by the year 2000, to expand the range of controlled chemicals and to tighten the Protocol's time-schedule for compliance. 2 Thus, barely one and a half years after the signing of the Montreal Protoc…
The Legal Mandate of Multilateral Development Banks as Agents for Change Toward Sustainable Development
In its June 1997 review of the state of the global environment and the implementation of Agenda 21, five years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), the UN General Assembly drew a rather gloomy picture. While acknowledging that some progress toward sustainable development had been made, for example, in curbing pollution and slowing the rate of resource degradation in a number of countries, the Assembly’s repo…
Beyond Territoriality: Transnational Legal Authority in an Age of Globalization
Taking “extraterritoriality,” the traditional touchstone for the state-centered allocation of transnational legal authority, as its conceptual starting point the book traces the evolution of transnational legal authority in the course of globalization. It examines various representative transnational legal scenarios, covering issues of, inter alia, the environment, foreign trade and investment, corporate governance, criminal justice, cyberspace, …
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · State (computer science (3 works) · Corporate Law and Human Rights (2 works) · Environmental law and policy (2 works) · International Environmental Law and Policies (2 works)