Sovereignty over natural resources: balancing rights and duties

In modern international law, permanent sovereignty over natural resources has come to entail duties as well as rights. This study analyses the evolution of permanent sovereignty from a political claim to a principle of international law, and examines its significance for a number of controversial is...

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Main Author: Schrijver, Nico 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1997
Series:Cambridge studies in international and comparative law 4
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511560118
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511560118
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511560118
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511560118
Summary:In modern international law, permanent sovereignty over natural resources has come to entail duties as well as rights. This study analyses the evolution of permanent sovereignty from a political claim to a principle of international law, and examines its significance for a number of controversial issues such as people's rights, nationalization and environmental conservation. Although political discussion has long focused on the rights arising from permanent sovereignty, Dr Schrijver argues that this has been at the expense of the consideration of the corollary obligations it also entails. His book thus identifies directions sovereignty over natural resources has taken in an increasingly interdependent world and demonstrates its relevance to debate on foreign-investment regulation, the environment and sustainable development
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xxix, 452 pages)
ISBN:9780511560118
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511560118