This overview of the role played by the precautionary principle in international trade law, European law and national law compares how precautionary considerati

Great uncertainty typically surrounds decisions and management actions in the conservation of biodiversity and natural resource management, and yet there are ri

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Papers presented at the meetings facilitated by the Sanders Institute at the Faculty of Law of the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Law School of the Univer

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