International Environmental 'Soft Law': The Functions and Limits of Nobinding Instruments in International Environmental Governance and Law

摘要

This volume is issued by one of Max Planck Society's 83 research institutes, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Germany), a strong reference on international law, comparative public law and European law, that provides information, reports and advice to the parliaments, administrative authorities and courts. The Max Planck Society is an independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes publicly funded by the federal and the 16 state governments of Germany, known for its high-quality research in natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities.