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BOOKS
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
BOOK CHAPTERS
BOOK REVIEWS
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
PAPERS AND ADDRESSES

BOOKS

The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law (Harvard University Press, forthcoming Fall 2009).
 
Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law (co-edited with Jutta Brunnée and Ellen Hey) (Oxford University Press, 2007).
 
Legal Regulation of the Effects of Military Activity on the Environment (Erich Schmidt Verlag 2003).

SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

Is There an International Environmental Constitution?, 16 Ind. J. Global Legal Studies 565 (2009).

International Law in Black and White, 34 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 285 (2006).

Does One Need to Be an International Lawyer to Be an International Environmental Lawyer?, 100 Am. Soc'y of Int'l L. Proc. 303 (2006).

Symposium on the ILC’s State Responsibility Articles: Introduction and Overview, 96 Am. J. Int'l L. 773 (2002) (with John Crook).

What’s So Bad about Unilateral Action to Protect the Environment?, 11 Eur. J. Int’l L. 339 (2000); excerpted in D'Amato and Abbassi's International Law Today (West, 2006).

The Legitimacy of International Governance: A Coming Challenge for International Environmental Law?, 93 Am. J. Int’l L. 596 (1999); excerpted in D'Amato and Abbassi's International Law Today (West 2006) and Foundations of International Law and Politics (Foundation Press 2004).

The Role of National Courts in the Field of International Environmental Law, 7 Rev. Eur. Community and Int'l Envtl. L. 11 (1998) (with Jutta Brunnée); reprinted in International Environmental Law in National Courts (BIICL, 2002).

May We Engineer the Climate?, 33 Climatic Change 309 (1996).

Customary (and Not So Customary) International Environmental Law, 3 Ind. J. Global Legal Stud. 105 (1995); excerpted in International Environmental Law and Policy, 2d ed. (Foundation Press, 2002) and International Environmental Law (Ashgate, 2003).

International Law and the Protection of Biological Diversity, 28 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 623 (1995); excerpted in International Law in Contemporary Perspective (Foundation Press, 2004).

The Emerging Climate Change Regime, 20 Ann. Rev. Energy & Env't 425 (1995).

Managing Climate Change, 3 Y.B. Int'l Envtl. L. 60 (1993).

The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: A Commentary,  18 Yale J. Int'l L. 451 (1993); commemorated as one of the 10 most-cited articles in the first 25 years of the journal, with commentary by Daniel C. Esty, 25 Yale J. Int'l L. 315 (2000) and excerped in Greening International Law (The New Press, 1994).

Protecting the Marine Environment from Vessel Source Pollution: UNCLOS III and Beyond, 18 Ecology L.Q. 719 (1991); excerpted in International Environmental Law and Policy, 2d ed. (Foundation Press, 2002).

Scientific Uncertainty and the Precautionary Principle, 33 Env't 4, 43 (Sept. 1991) (see also exchange of letters, 34 Env't 2 (April 1992)); excerpted in International Environmental Law and Policy, 2d ed. (Foundation Press, 2002).

BOOK CHAPTERS

"Trade and Environment" in The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law (Oxford University Press, 2009) (with J. Lawrence).

“Commentary on the OSPAR Arbitration of the MOX Plant Dispute” in The OSPAR Arbitration Award of 2003 (Asser Institute/Cambridge University Press, 2009).

“The Concept of Legitimacy in International Law” in Legitimacy in International Law (R. Wolfrum and V. Roben, eds., Springer, 2008).

“Targets and Timetables: Good Policy but Bad Politics?” in Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World (J. Aldy and R. Stavins, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2007).

“Non Liquet” in Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

“Introduction” (with Jutta Brunnee and Ellen Hey) and “Legitimacy” in Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law (Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnee & Ellen Hey, eds., 2007).

“The International Climate Change Regime” in Perspectives on Climate Change: Science, Economics, Politics, Ethics (Walter Sinnott-Armstrong & Richard B. Howarth, eds., Elsevier, 2005).

“Non-Treaty Lawmaking” in Developments of International Law in Treaty Making (Springer, 2005).

“Deconstructing the Precautionary Principle” in Bringing New Law to Ocean Waters (David D. Caron & Harry N. Scheiber, eds., Brill, 2004)

“Transatlantic Environmental Relations: The Growing Rift between US and European Climate Change Policies” in Europe, America and Bush (Mark Pollack & John Peterson, eds., Routledge, 2003).

“The Role of Reporting in International Environmental Treaties: Lessons for Human Rights Supervision” in The Future of the U.N. Human Rights Treaty System (Philip Alston & James Crawford, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2000).

“Non Liquet and the Incompleteness of International Law” in International Law at the Close of the 20th Century: The Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion (Philippe Sands and Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, eds., Cambridge University Press, 1999).

“The Precautionary Principle in U.S. Environmental Law” in Interpreting the Precautionary Principle (T. O'Riordan & James Cameron, eds., Cameron & May, 1994).

“Prologue to the Climate Change Convention” in Negotiating Climate Change: The Inside Story of the Rio Convention (Irving Mintzer & J.A. Leonard, eds., Cambridge University Press, 1994).

“Human Rights and Universal Jurisdiction” in World Justice?  U.S. Courts and International Human Rights (Mark Gibney ed. 1991).

BOOK REVIEWS

Eyal Benvenisti, Sharing Transboundary Resources, 99 Am. J. Int'l L. 280 (2005).

Joyeeta Gupta, The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries: From Conflict to Consensus?, 92 Am. J. Int'l L. 172 (1998).

Karol Wolfke, Custom in Present International Law, 16 Mich. J. Int'l L. 667 (1995).

Alan Boyle & Patricia Birnie, International Law and the Environment, 88 Am. J. Int'l L. 408 (1994).

Gerard Mangone, Marine Policy for America, 6 Int'l J. Estuarine & Coastal L. 79 (1991).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

White Paper: Measurement, Reporting and Verification in a Post-2012 Climate Agreement (Pew Center on Global Climate Change, April 2009) (with Clare Breidenich).

"Non Liquet" in Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

10 Precepts for U.S. Climate Policy, Resources magazine, 25-28 (Winter 2009).

International Climate Efforts Beyond 2012: A Survey of Approaches (Pew Center on Global Climate Change, 2004) (with contributions from Sophie Chou and Christie Jorge-Tresolini).

The Use of International Sources in Constitutional Opinion, 32 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 421 (Spring 2004).

"Climate Commitments: Assessing the Options" in Beyond Kyoto: Advancing the International Effort against Climate Change (Pew Center on Global Climate Change, 2003).

U.S. Climate Policy After Kyoto: Elements for Success, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Policy Brief (April 2002).

Bonn Voyage: Kyoto’s Uncertain Future, National Interest 45 (Fall 2001); excerpted in International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues, 6th ed. (Longman, 2003) .

White Paper: Linking US and International Climate Change Strategies, Pew Center on Global Climate Change (April 2002).

White Paper: Implications for U.S. Companies of Kyoto’s Entry into Force without the United States, Pew Center on Global Climate Change (January 2002).

"Framework Convention on Climate Change" and "Precautionary Principle," in Encyclopedia of Global Climate Change (Oxford University Press, 2001).

The Framework Convention/Protocol Approach, World Health Organization, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Technical Briefing Services, WHO/NCD/TFI/99.1 (1999).

What Makes International Agreements?: Some Pointers for the WHO Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control, World Health Organization, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Technical Briefing Services, WHO/NCD/TFI/99.4 (1999).

PAPERS AND ADDRESSES

“Normativity and Legitimacy,” Symposium on Legitimacy in International Law, Max Planck Institute, June 2006.

Targets and Timetables:  Good Policy but Bad Politics?” Workshop on Architectures for Agreement, Environmental Economics Program, John F.  Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, May 2006 (forthcoming in Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World , ed. by Robert Stavins and Joseph Aldy).

“Does One Need to Be an International Lawyer to Be an International Environmental Lawyer?” American Society of International Law, Annual Meeting, March 2006 (forthcoming in Proc. Am. Soc. Int'l L .).

“Closing Commentary,” Conference on Global Warming:  Looking Beyond Kyoto, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, October 2005.

“Combating Climate Change:  Where Do We Go From Here?”, University of Michigan School of Law, March 2005.

“Science, Tourism and the Antarctic Environment,” Antarctic Institute of Chile, Punta Arenas, Chile, December 2004.

"Rules vs. Standards in International Environmental Law," American Society of International Law, Annual Meeting, April 2004 (98 Proc. Am. Soc'y Int' Law 275 (2004)).

“Taxonomy of Non-Treaty Lawmaking,” Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, November 2003.

“The Rise (and Fall?) of the Kyoto Protocol,” Roger S. Aaron Lecture, Dartmouth College, May 2003.

“The United States and Global Warming,” Baker Peace Conference, Ohio University, April 2003.

“Rules and Standards in International Law,” New York University Law School, March 2003.

“How to Make Progress on Climate Change Post-Kyoto: Lessons from the Past,” IFRI-RFF Workshop on Climate Change, Paris, March 2003.

“The Position of the USA on Kyoto and on Climate Change Management,” Conference on the Kyoto Protocol without America, European University Institute, Florence, June 2002.

“Transatlantic Environmental Relations: The Growing Rift between U.S. and European Climate Change Policies,” University of Wisconsin, Madison, April 2002.

“The Precautionary Principle,” Boalt Hall, University of California at Berkeley, April 2002.

“Transatlantic Environmental Relations,” European University Institute, Florence, February 2002.

“The Bonn and Marrakech Climate Change Accords,” American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, New Orleans, January 2002.

“September 11: International Law and Its Limits,” Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, November 2001.

“The Climate Change Regime after Marrakech:  Winners and Losers,” Carbon Finance Conference, New York, November 2001.

“Emerging Climate Change Proposals,” Climate Policy Conference, Venice, Italy, September 2001.

“W[h]ither Climate Change Policy,” Resources for the Future, August 2001.

“The Legitimacy of International Environmental Law: Is There a Democratic Deficit,” Berkeley, November 1998; UCLA, January 1999; Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), February 2000, University of California, Berkeley, April 2001.

“The Role of Unilateralism in International Environmental Law,” Joint US-European Symposium, University of Michigan Law School, September 1999.

Panel Chair, First International Conference on Addressing the Environmental Consequences of War, Smithsonian Institution, June 10-12, 1998.

“The Antarctic Treaty System and the Problem of Legitimacy,” Conference on Antarctica, Graduate Institute for Advanced International Studies, Geneva, June 15-16, 1997.

Co-Chair, Workshop on International Environmental Law in National Courts, American Society of International Law, Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., April 1997.  Also presented paper on “International Environmental Law in U.S. Courts”.

“International Environmental Reporting: Lessons for Human Rights” Conference on the Future of the U.N. Human Rights Treaty System, Research Center for International Law, Cambridge, England, March 1997
Commentator, Panel on Pollution Control, AALS/ASIL Workshop on International Law, Washington, D.C., June 1996.

“Climate Engineering,” Aspen Global Change Institute Summer Session on  Improving the Effectiveness of the Climate Convention, Aspen, Colorado, Aug. 9, 1995.

“The Antarctic Environment Protocol,” Antarctic Environment Management Workshop, National Science Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 14-17, 1995.

“The Cult of Customary International Environmental Law,” Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies Annual Symposium, International Environmental Laws and Agencies: The Next Generation, Indiana University School of Law, March 8, 1995.

“International Law and Biological Diversity,” Vanderbilt University School of Law, Symposium on Biodiversity: Opportunities and Obligations, January 20, 1995.

“May We Engineer the Climate,” American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, February 20, 1994.

“The Value-Added of International Environmental Agreements,” American Society of International Law, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 2, 1993 (87 Proc. Am. Soc'y Int'l L .).

“International Trade Implications of Environmental Standards,” ROC/US Environmental Law and Management Conference, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, March 23, 1993.

“Global Warming: The Role of International Law,” University of California at Berkeley, November 13, 1992.

"UN Climate Change Negotiations," The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, May 4, 1992.

Discussant, Panel on Climate Change: Lessons from Institutional and Legal Analyses, International Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, April 4, 1992.

Chair, Panel on Jurisprudence of International Law, American Society of International Law, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 1, 1992.

“The Precautionary Principle:  Scientific Uncertainty and International Environmental Law,” American Society of International Law, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 19, 1991 (85 Proc. Am. Soc'y Int'l L. 413-17).

“New Directions for the Law of the Marine Environment,” Panel on the Law of Ocean Uses , New York, April 1990.

“Encouraging Compliance with High Seas Rules,” Resources or Freedoms on the High Seas: Policing the Ocean Commons , Council on Ocean Law, Washington, D.C., February 1990.

"Domestic Procedures to Enforce International Human Rights Norms," International Institute of Human Rights, 19th Study Session, Strasbourg, France, July 1988.

“International Law Issues of the Alien Tort Statute,” American Society of International Law, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 22, 1988  (82 Proc. Am. Soc'y Int'l L . 470-74).