Research Catalog

Title

Mountains and the law : emerging trends / A. Castelein ... [et al.], M.A. Mekouar for the Development Law Service, FAO Legal Office.

Author

Castelein, A. (Astrid)

Publication

Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Villeneuve, A. (Annie).
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Development Law Service.

Description

xi, 127 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Mountain law is still in its infancy. Most countries have not yet adopted mountain-specific laws, preferring to focus on the protection and development of mountains through existing sectoral legislation. However, a few countries such as Algeria, Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania), Switzerland and Ukraine, have enacted legal instruments dealing specifically with mountains, and other countries are in the process of developing similar legislation. These converging efforts seem to signal an emerging trend towards a progressive increase in mountain law-making in the years to come. This publication looks at the development of mountain legislation. The first part broadly describes the main elements of mountain-specific legal texts, first in the international sphere, then at the domestic level. The second part contains six short case studies from countries where legislation on mountains has been passed or proposed"--Back cover.

Series Statement

FAO legislative study, 1014-6679 ; 75, rev. 1

Uniform Title

FAO legislative study 75, rev. 1.

Subject

• Law and economic development
• Mountain ecology
• Mountains > Law and legislation

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Mountains and the law / A. Villeneuve, A. Castelein, M.A. Mekouar for the Development Law Service, FAO Legal Office. 2002.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt.1. General overview. International framework : major instruments -- National legislation : main features -- pt.2. Case studies. Algeria -- Bulgaria -- France -- Georgia -- Italy -- Kyrgyzstan -- Romania -- Russian Federation : Republic of North Ossetia-Alania -- Switzerland -- Ukraine.

ISBN

• 9251055645
• 9789251055649

LCCN

^^2007399861

OCLC

• 86088373
• SCSB-10406602

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library