The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law

Bodansky offers a sweeping review of the theory and practice of environmental protection at the global scale. Simply written and yet deeply insightful, the book explains the forces, actors, and processes that determine how international environmental rules and norms emerge and whether they get implemented. Essential reading for legal scholars and practitioners alike. * Daniel C. Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University *The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law is an accessible, yet sophisticated, review of legal and institutional efforts to address global environmental problems. It can be read with profit by anyone interested in understanding this important and rapidly changing field. * Robert O. Keohane, Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University *Other books tell you what international environmental law is. This book does that and more. It helps the reader understand why international environmental law is needed, how it develops and is implemented, and whether it can be enforced to make a real difference. Written in plain English by one of the world’s leading experts in the field, this book should be read by anyone involved in environmental policy and negotiations - and anyone who wants to understand the means by which we will decide the fate of the planet. * Scott Barrett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, Columbia University *In a clear and compelling overview, Bodansky renders the most complex legal and political theory comprehensible, and integrates the scholarly literature with relevant empirical material to explain the successes and failures of international law in protecting the global environment. It was the perfect book for my advanced undergraduate course in international environmental law, and the students loved it. * Elizabeth R. DeSombre, Wellesley College *

Daniel Bodansky is a Regents’ Professor at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. He served as Climate Change Coordinator at the U.S. State Department from 1999-2001. Prior to joining the ASU faculty in 2010, he was the Ernst and Emily Woodruff Chair in International Law at the University of Georgia Law School. He served on the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law from 2001-2011. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a graduate of Harvard (A.B.), Cambridge (M.Phil.), and Yale (J.D.).

Harro van Asselt (PhD) is the Hatton Professor of Climate Law at the Department of Land Economy, and a Fellow with Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. He is also Professor of Climate Law and Policy with the Centre for Climate Change, Energy, and Environmental Law (CCEEL) at the University of Eastern Finland Law School. He is also a visiting researcher with the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Previously, he worked at the Stockholm Environment Institute, the University of Oxford, and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he received a PhD (cum laude). He is the editor of the Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law.