Principles of international environmental law remains the definitive treatise on this vitally important area of international law the international community faces unprecedented environmental challenges and this work provides a comprehensive assessment of the capacity of environmental norms and institutions to address these threats. Principles of international environmental law remains the definitive treatise on this vitally important area of international law the international community faces unprecedented environmental challenges and this work provides a comprehensive assessment of the capacity of environmental norms and institutions to address these threats the work is an essential reference for anyone interested in . This second edition of philippe sands leading textbook on international environmental law provides a clear and authoritative introduction to the subject revised to december 2002 it considers relevant new topics including the kyoto protocol genetically modified organisms oil pollution chemicals etc and will remain the most comprehensive account of the principles and rules relating to . First international environmental law principles can hardly be dissociated from the politi cally sensitive and complex issues surrounding the notion of sustainable development second a general approach is at odds with the sheer heterogeneity of the phenomenon of principles the current interest in the principles of international environmental law stems to a large extent from a need to