Precautionary Action: A study on the Status and Implications of the Precautionary Principle in International Environmental Law
In today’s society it is hard to achieve scientific certainty on how our actions might affect the environment in the future. This causes problems in legal disputes, as a state must produce evidence of harm in order to stop potentially harmful activities. One way to get around this problem might be an application of the precautionary principle, which is examined in this essay. The basic definition