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The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law edited by Bodansky, Daniel; Brunnée, Jutta; Hey, Ellen (7th August 2008)
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Part IV Normative Development, Ch.21 Private and Quasi-Private Standard Setting

Jason Morrison, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

From: The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law

Edited By: Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée, Ellen Hey

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Series:
Oxford Handbooks in Law
Published in print:
07 August 2008
ISBN:
9780199552153

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2015. All Rights Reserved.date: 22 October 2019

Subject(s):
Sustainable development — NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
Many , if not most, standards in international environmental law (IEL) are created by states. The most common form of standard setting involves states adopting national legislation and regulations on the basis of commitments made in international or regional agreements. This article concerns a different kind of standard setting—namely that carried out by private or quasi-private entities. Private standards differ from public IEL standards in two major respects. First, the standards are aimed directly at organizations—mostly business organizations (see Chapter 35...
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