Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1993
Abstract
In 1972 international environmental law was a fledgling field with less than three dozen multilateral agreements. Today international environmental law is arguably setting the pace for cooperation in the international community in the development of international law. There are nearly nine hundred international legal instruments that are either primarily directed to international environmental issues or contain important provisions on them. This proliferation of legal instruments is likely to continue. Therefore, it is important to assess what we have done and explore where we are headed.
Publication Citation
81 Geo. L.J. 675 (1993)
Scholarly Commons Citation
Brown Weiss, Edith, "International Environmental Law: Contemporary Issues and the Emergence of a New World Order" (1993). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 1628.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1628