ENV 319 Lecture Notes - Kyoto Protocol
28 Mar 2013
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An introduction to environmental law and policy in canada. By: p. muldoon, a. lucas, r. gibson, and p. pickfield. Chapter 5: the relationship between canadian and international law. International law collection of rules governing countries. Domestic law law within a particular country. Has no legislature that actually makes it law, and has no police force that can readily enforce the law. Challenge: identifying the precise obligations that states must fulfill. Fundamental precept: states are sovereign in nature: they can do what they want subject only to limits imposed by international law. Conventional international law established when two or more countries conclude a treaty or an international convention (p. 40) Only bind those that have signed them. A country may agree to give up a small portion of its sovereignty on particular matters within specified limits that are defined in the treaty. Process starts when an international body (e. g. un) agrees to sponsor the negotiations among countries.
