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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 I General Issues, Ch.6 Formality and Informality

Stephen J. Toope

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: 23 October 2019

Subject(s):
Sustainable development — Environmental disputes — Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
This chapter explores contested terrain in the no-man’s land between international law and politics—the work of ‘norms’ in social, including legal, change. International environmental law has served as the crucible for much of the theoretical debate, and a central focus of this debate has been on the effectiveness of various types of formal and informal norms. The category of ‘norm’ is inclusive and general. A norm may be vague or specific—it may mean a widespread social practice, a social prescription, a legal principle articulated to shape the evolution of a...
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