Research handbook on disasters and international law /

Research handbook on disasters and international law / edited by Susan C. Breau, Professor of Law an Head of School of Law, University of Reading, UK; Katja L.H. Samuel, Associate Professor, University of Reading, UK. - Cheitenham Edward Elgar Publishing 2016 - xlvii, 548 p. ; 26 cm. - Research handbooks in international law .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
Introduction /​ Susan C. Breau and Katja L.H. Samuel
Global capitalism and the crisis of the public interest - sleepwalking into diaster /​ Christopher Newdick
Closing 'the yawning gap'? International disaster response law at fifteen /​ Kiresten Nakjavani Bookmiller
Responses by states /​ Susan C. Breau
Human rights and natural disasters /​ Kristian Cedervall Lauta
Adverse human agency and disasters : a role for international criminal law? /​ Evelyne Schmid
The international humanitarian law framework for humanitarian relief during armed conflicts and complex emergencies /​ Tilman Rodenhäuser and Gilles Giacca
Disasters, internatonal environmetal law and the Antropocene /​ Tim Stephens
Sustainable development and disasters /​ Tahmina Karimova
Disasters and international trade and investment law - the state's regulatory autonomy between risk protection and exception justification /​ Leïla Choukroune
Responses by private corporations /​ Stefano Silingardi
An evolving role for law and policy in addressing food security before, during and after a disaster /​ Anastasia Telesetsky
Security implications of conflicts, crises and disasters in the international energy industry : legal and policy considerations /​ Tade Oyewunmi
Water security /​ Ha Le Phan and Inga T. Winkler
Tackling water contamination : development, human rights and disaster risk reduction /​ Marie Aronsson-Storrier and Haythem Salama
The International law of wildfires /​ Michael Eburn
Displacement in the context of disasters and adverse effects of climate change /​ Walter Kälin and Hannah Entwisle Chapuisat
The protection of vulnerable groups /​ Mary Crock
Disasters causd in cyberspace /​ James A. Green
National contingency planning /​ Simon Whitbourn
A duty of solidarity? The International law commission's draft articles and the right to offer assistance in disasters /​ Therese O'Donnell and Craig Allan
Building resilience in post-conflict disaster contexts : children and transitional justice /​ Alison Bisset
Dispute settlement in the aftermath of disasters /​ Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne.

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Disaster relief--Law and legislation.
Emergency management--Law and legislation.
Natural disasters--Law and legislation.

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