Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Legal Theory of International Disaster Relief: 1. International law and the disaster cycle Daniel A. Farber; 2. Natural disasters and the theory of international law Toshiya Ueki; 3. International disaster relief law and article 38(1)(c) of the statute of the international court of justice: the forgotten source of international law Imogen Saunders; 4. Evolution of international disaster response law: towards codification and progressive development of the law Emika Tokunaga; Part II. The Law of International Disaster Relief: From Local to Global: 5. International disaster response laws, rules, and principles: a pragmatic approach to strengthening international disaster response mechanisms Claire Clement; 6. Release of radioactive substances into the sea and international law: the Japanese experience in the course of nuclear disaster Yukari Takamura; 7. The international law of ninety-six hours: urban search and rescue teams and the current state of international disaster response law Kirsten Nakjavani Bookmiller; Part III. The Right of Access to International Disaster Relief: 8. Legal framework applicable to humanitarian actors responding to disasters in weak and fragile states Catherine Gribbin and Ilario Maiolo; 9. Disasters, despots, and gun-boat diplomacy Catherine Shanahan Renshaw; 10. Hunger without frontiers: the right to food and state obligations to migrants Katie Sykes; 11. Disasters, international law, and persons with disabilities Akiko Ito; Part IV. Disaster Prevention and Relief: Anticipatory Responses from State Actors: 12. Help from above: the role of international law in facilitating the use of outer space for disaster management Brian R. Israel; 13. Utilizing international climate-change-adaptation funding to reduce risks of natural disasters in the developing world Paul Govind; 14. Challenges to state sovereignty in the provision of international natural disaster relief Amelia Telec; Part V. Disaster Prevention and Relief: Anticipatory Responses from NGOs: 15. The role of international organizations in disaster response: a case study of recent earthquakes in Japan Kentaro Nishimoto; 16. International investment law and disasters: necessity, peoples, and the burden of (economic) emergencies Ibironke T. Odumosu-Ayanu; 17. Clarifying the acquis humanitaire: a transnational legal perspective on the internalization of humanitarian norms Dug Cubie.
The international law of disaster relief. ISBN 9781107061316. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.