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Why do states often fail to cooperate, using transboundary natural resources inefficiently and unsustainably? This book, first published in 2002, examines the contemporary international norms and policy recommendations that could provide incentives for states to cooperate. Its approach is multi-disciplinary, proposing transnational institutions for the management of transboundary resources. Benvenisti takes a fresh approach to the problem, considering mismanagement as the link between domestic and international processes. As well, he explores reasons why some collective efforts to develop the international law on transnational ecosystems have failed, while others succeeded. This inquiry suggests that adjudicators need to be assertive in progressively developing the law, while relying on scientific knowledge more than on past practice. Global water policy issues seem set to remain a cause for concern for the foreseeable future; this study provides a new approach to the problem of freshwater, and will interest international environmentalists and lawyers, and international relations scholars and practitioners

Canadians quite happily consider their nation's place in global political relations as a "middle power," one that can exert some power in the international sphere, but preferably "soft power." Lloyd Axworthy sees Canada's contribution as "moral power," while Jennifer Welsh argues that Canada should be a "model power" for other countries. These conceptions are of a Canada that is ethical, peace-loving, & international law-abiding in its foreign policy. A look at history shows that the roots of Canada's policy toward international law lie in securing its own sovereignty & interests, not in being concerned about international morality. This approach changed in the 1990s, since which time Canadians have walked a fine line between international values & national interests, especially after the terrorist attacks of 11 Sept 2001 against the US. This article first examines the development of Canadian foreign policy toward international law & then looks at the challenges that the war on terror has created for Canada in terms of international law, especially in relation to Canadian national security policy. J. Stanton

This paper examines the terminology, reveals the definition of non-lethal weapon, provides a detailed analysis of the criteria for lethality of weapons, distinguishes between the concepts of non-lethal and lethal weapons, and non-lethal weapons are also separated from other items used as weapons. The international legal science also lacks the universally accepted definition of the non-lethal weapon concept. That is why the authors have paid attention to the question of terminology in relation to this weapon, as well as to the criteria on the basis of which it can be distinguished from other types.