International Law and the Resolution of Central and East European

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

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3. Central and East European Transboundary Environmental Disputes from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea

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   2. The Northern Tier

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   3. The Southern Tier

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4. Back Matter

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5. Using International Law to Resolve the Slovak-Hungarian Dispute concerning the Construction and Operation of the Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros Project

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   2. The Dispute-Formation Phase

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   3. The Pre-Resolution Phase

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   4. The Resolution Phase

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   5. The Implementation Phase

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6. Back Matter

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7. Understanding the Role of International Law

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   2. The Regime of International Law

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   3. Influencing the Utilization of International Law

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9. Prospects for an Increasing Role for International Law in Promoting Central and East European Transboundary Environmental Dispute Resolution

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   2. Gauging the Operability of International Law

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   3. Predicting the Future

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   4. Conclusion

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This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the question of what role international law plays in promoting a resolution of Central and East European transboundary environmental disputes. The author examines a wide variety of environmental disputes in Central and Eastern Europe, with particular emphasis on the Gabcíkovo-Nagymaros Project dispute between Slovakia and Hungary, and melds international legal theory and international relations theory to develop an analytic framework for understanding the role of law and assessing its future application.

• Europe
• international law
• international relations
• law
• non-state actors
• transformation

• American University, Washington, DC, USA

  Paul R. Williams

PAUL R. WILLIAMS teaches public international law and directs the JD/MA Joint Degree program at American University's School of International Service and Washington College of Law. Dr Williams holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.A. from the University of California at Davis. Dr Williams is widely published on issues of international environmental law, the role of law in dispute resolution, state succession, war crimes and human rights. Dr Williams also regularly appears on CNN, BBC, CBC and is frequently interviewed by the New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and U.S. News and World Report on matters of public international law.

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