From Stockholm to Johannesburg: From corporate responsibility to corporate accountability for the global protection of the environment?

Review of European Community and International Environmental Law

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 214-222

  Morgera, Elisa ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EID: 3142758624     PISSN: 09628797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9388.2004.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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