Softness in the Law of International Watercourses
The (E)merging Normativities of China's Lancang-Mekong Cooperation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4610168 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David J Devlaeminck (0000-0003-2982-7784, Chongqing University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 357-380 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transnational Environmental Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2047-1025 • E-ISSN: 2047-1033 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s2047102522000097 |
| OpenAlex | W4221046219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
The law of international watercourses consists mainly of a series of bilateral, multilateral, regional, and global agreements that establish binding rules through which state parties jointly manage transboundary water resources. China similarly manages its shared freshwaters through a series of bilateral agreements. Increasingly, however, it relies on non-binding soft law instruments to manage these resources with its riparian neighbours. An important example of this is the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, a branch of the Belt and Road Initiative. Its use of soft instruments, which recognize international law and promote projects, displays evidence of merging and emerging normativities, ensuring that it is capable of playing both a supporting and a developmental role in the law of international watercourses
Business · China · Environmental resource management · International law · International waters · Mekong river · Political science · Riparian zone · Soft law · Computer Science · Environmental Science · International Law and Human Rights · International Maritime Law Issues · Law · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Ecology · Geology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |