International Law

International Law, unlike most other areas of law, has no defined area or governing body, but instead refers to the many and varied laws, rules and customs which govern, impact and deal with the legal interactions between different nations, their governments, businesses and organizations, to include their rights and responsibilities in these dealings.

The five most important areas of law are as follows;

International human rights law

International security law

International criminal law

International environmental law

International humanitarian law

Diplomatic law

International economic law

In this particular blog post, I plan to elaborate on the field of Environmental law. Environmental law is a body of law, which is a system of complex and interlocking statutes, common law, treaties, conventions, regulations and policies which seek to protect the natural environment which may be affected, impacted or endangered by human activities.

Environmental law is important because it protects our planet. It also gives those who put our survival in jeopardy repercussions to their actions. As time has progressed, we've learned that some of the senseless things we do and use such as, hair spray and the burning of fuels have a negative effect on our environment. Environmental laws such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Federal Land Policy and Management Act tries to put an end to this.

Federal Supreme Court confirms scope of 'polluter pays' principle is an article about pollution in the city of Berne (Switzerland) that was caused by landfill. This incident took place between 1962 and 1975. Unfortunately, after numerous contaminated was scares, in 2011 the Federal Supreme Court issued a clean up and allocated the cost as follows: 30% to the City of Berne, which participated in the operation and supply of the site; 60% to the landfill operator; and 10% to the current owners of the site. This ruling was influenced by the Polluter Pays Principle. The Polluter Pays Principle is a principle in international environmental law where the polluting party pays for the damage done to the natural environment. The Polluter Pays Principle is a principle in international environmental law where the polluting party pays for the damage done to the natural environment.

I agree 100% with this verdict.