The Precautionary Principle in the Twenty-First Century: A Case Study of Noise Pollution in the Ocean

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
Precautionary Principle ◽  
Contemporary Problem ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
First Century ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
The Precautionary Principle ◽  
Current State ◽  
Twenty First Century

AbstractThe precautionary principle is one of the most discussed ideas in international environmental law. However, despite over 20 years of dialogue, both its status and its aplication remains uncertain. This article attempts to rectify part of this difficulty by displaying the current state of play on the principle, and how it may be applied to a specific contemporary problem. The selected problem is noise pollution

scholarly journals Applying the Precautionary Principle to Private Persons : Should it Affect Civil and Criminal Liability?

2005 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Pardy
Keyword(s):  
Precautionary Principle ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Strict Liability ◽  
Criminal Punishment ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
The Precautionary Principle ◽  
The Past ◽  
Precautionary Action ◽  
Domestic Law

The precautionary principle, developed in international environmental law, is a prospective concept. It can be used to decide what should be allowed to occur in the future. The question addressed in this article is whether, in domestic law, the precautionary principle should be applied retrospectively. Should precautionary behaviour be used as a standard to apply to the past actions of private persons, so as to judge whether those persons have acted legally ? In the civil realm, the answer is « yes ». Applying the precautionary principle in civil cases removes foreseeability requirements, and transforms liability based on fault into strict liability. In the criminal sphere, retrospective application of the precautionary principle is not appropriate. To require precautionary action on the part of an accused in an environmental prosecution transforms strict liability into absolute liability, and creates the potential for criminal punishment in the absence of culpability.

scholarly journals APPLYING PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-34
Author(s):  
Emmy Latifah ◽  
Moch Najib Imanullah
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Precautionary Principle ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Sustainable Fisheries ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
The Precautionary Principle ◽  
Scientific Certainty

The aim of this paper is to examine an applying the precautionary principle in fisheries management. Precautionary principle is a principle where the possibility exist of serious or irreversible harm, lack of scientific certainty should not preclude cautions action by decision-makers to prevent or mitigate such harm. This principle has been accepting in widely international environmental law so that with applying this principle in fisheries management, it could be expected to provide an opportunity to progress towards sustainable fisheries development.

scholarly journals El ruido en el mar: ¿es necesario abordarlo desde el principio de precaución?

Bioderecho.es ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esteban Morelle Hungría
Keyword(s):  
Precautionary Principle ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Underwater Noise ◽  
Complex Situation ◽  
The Precautionary Principle

El ruido en mares y océanos es uno de los más complejos contaminantes que existen y ello es una muestra de la necesidad, imperiosa, de que juristas se pongan a analizar tal compleja situación desde un planteamiento ecosistémico y a escala multinivel. Vemos como la contaminación acústica subacuática dispone de mecanismos e instrumentos jurídicos de control y regulación, sin embargo, parece que todavía los impactos que generan son de tal intensidad que existen ciertas lagunas, quedando mucho por descubrir. Desde este posicionamiento analizamos la necesidad de seguir bajo el prisma del principio de precaución o bien, priorizar sobre otro de los principios funcionales del Derecho ambiental, el de prevención. Underwater noise is one of the most complex pollutants that exist and this is a sign of the imperative need for jurists to analyze such a complex situation from an ecosystem approach and on a multilevel scale. We see how underwater noise pollution has mechanisms and legal instruments for control and regulation, however, it seems that the impacts they generate are still of such intensity that there are certain gaps, leaving much to discover. From this position we analyze the need to continue under the prism of the precautionary principle or, to prioritize over another of the functional principles of environmental law, prevention.  

Part II Analytical Approaches, Ch.13 Ethical Considerations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillespie Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Large Range ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
First Century ◽  
International Regimes ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The Core ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Analytical Approaches

This chapter focuses on the dominant philosophical values currently operating within international environmental law. Collectively, international environmental law operates in a maze of anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric values. Often these values overlap both within and between regimes, and conflicts are relatively rare. Although anthropocentric values are more common than non-anthropocentric ones, there is no one dominant philosophical value that towers above others in international environmental law. Non-anthropocentric values are also becoming particularly noticeable across a large range of topics. However, what is obvious in international environmental law is that the debates about the philosophical value of the environment are not novel. In the space of twenty years, debates which were once the exclusive province of philosophy journals have moved to the core of many of the most high-profile international regimes which are seeking to resolve some of the most pressing difficulties of the twenty-first century.

scholarly journals APPLYING PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-34
Author(s):  
Emmy Latifah ◽  
Moch Najib Imanullah
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Precautionary Principle ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Sustainable Fisheries ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
The Precautionary Principle ◽  
Scientific Certainty

The aim of this paper is to examine an applying the precautionary principle in fisheries management. Precautionary principle is a principle where the possibility exist of serious or irreversible harm, lack of scientific certainty should not preclude cautions action by decision-makers to prevent or mitigate such harm. This principle has been accepting in widely international environmental law so that with applying this principle in fisheries management, it could be expected to provide an opportunity to progress towards sustainable fisheries development.

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