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Precautionary Legal Duties andPrinciples in Modern International Environmental Law. ByHarald Hohmann.London: Graham &Trotman, 1994. Pp. xvii,377. ISBN 1-85333-911-3

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Precautionary Legal Duties andPrinciples in Modern International Environmental Law. ByHarald Hohmann.London: Graham &Trotman, 1994. Pp. xvii,377. ISBN 1-85333-911-3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Jutta Brunnée
Jutta Brunnée*
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Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia
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Canadian Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international , Volume 33 , 1995 , pp. 484 - 489
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1 “Preventive Legal Obligations and Principles in Modern International Environmental Law (Praeventive Rechtspflichten und-prinzipien des modernen Umweltvoelkerrechts) ” (1993) 18 Queen’s L.J. 491–501.

2 In this update to the German edition, Hohmann writes: “I must admit that we are on safer legal grounds when we demand State practice (external practice) as an additional requirement of customary law, and I would integrate State practice if asked to write an expert legal opinion.”.

3 Note references omitted in quote.

4 At this point, Principle 15 is quoted as stating: “lack of full scientific certainty shall [sic] not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures.”