Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy Volume 8, Number 2, Summer 1997
| 8 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 199 | Testing Times for the World Court: Judicial Process and the 1995 French Nuclear Tests Case, by Prudence Taylor |
| 8 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 241 | GATT, WTO, and the Environment: To What Extent do GATT/WTO Rules Permit Member Nations to Protect the Environment When Doing so Adversely Affects Trade?, by Mike Meier |
| 8 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 283 | Coastal State Obligations and Powers Respecting Eez Environmental Protection Under Part XII of the UNCLOS: A Descriptive Analysis, by David Dzidzornu |
| 8 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 323 | The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum and the Environment: Regional Environmental Governance in the Age of Economic Globalization, by Lyuba Zarsky |
Comment
| 8 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 359 | Remembering Water: Overcoming Historical Amnesia in South Africa, by Gabriel Carter |
| 8 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 395 | Evaluating the Citizen Submission Procedure Under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, by Raymond MacCallum |
| 8 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 423 | ISO 14000, by Elizabeth Pinckard |
About the Contributors
Prudence Taylor is a lecturer in the Department of Planning at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in the areas of municipal and international environmental law. Ms. Taylor received a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws with honors from Victoria University, New Zealand, and a Master of Laws with honors in energy and environmental law from Tulane University. Ms. Taylor is the author of An Ecological Approach to International Law: The Challenge of Climate Change, Routledge Press.
Mike Meier is an attorney with AIS, Inc., in Greenbelt, Maryland, and is the editor of International Law Update. Mr. Meier received his Diplom-Politologe from the University of Berlin, Germany, and his Juris Doctorate and his Master of Laws in international environmental law from Georgetown University.
David Dzidzornu received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Ghana Law School and holds a Master of Laws from the University of Calgary Law School, Canada, and Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Mr. Dzidzornu is currently a Doctorate of Science of Law candidate at Dalhousie Law School, Halifax, Canada.
Lyuba Zarsky is the co-director of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development in Berkeley, California. Ms. Zarsky received her Master of Arts in Economics and Political Economy from the New School for Social Research in New York, and is a Doctorate Candidate at the Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Ms. Zarsky is also a member of the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee, Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Testing Times for the World Court: Judicial Process and the 1995 French Nuclear Tests Case by Prudence Taylor
I. Introduction
II. An Outline of the Case
III. The Majority
IV. The Dissenting Opinions
V. The Political Factors
VI. The Role of the International Court of Justice and Judicial Process - The Opinions of the Dissenting Judges.
A. Judge Abdul G. Koroma
B. Judge Christopher G. Weeramantry
C. Judge ad hoc Sir Geoffrey Palmer
VII. The Role of the International Court of Justice and Judicial Process - Current Opinion
VIII. Was This an Appropriate Case for a More Proactive Approach by the International Court of Justice?
A. The Need for Continued Development of International Environmental Law
B. Issues of Fundamental Importance to the International Community
XI. Was This an Inappropriate Case for a Proactive Approach by the International Court of Justice?
A. A Non-Justiciable Dispute
B. The Doctrine of Consensual Jurisdiction
C. The Implications of a Substantive Finding on the Legality of French Nuclear Testing
D. Resolution via Completion of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
X. Conclusion
