Environmental Law: Chapter Analysis

The first reading for this week was Chapter 14 for the Cali textbook. This chapter focuses on environmental law. In the beginning of the chapter the author talks about how international treaties play a role in environmental protection. There are two types of treaties that focuses on environmental law. The first treaty is global and issue-specific and the second is a regional regulatory treaty. Each treaty is involved in international relations and they each have their own importance. Later, in the chapter the author introduces us to environmental principles. The first principle was the integration principle. This principle main goal is to engage in social and economic situations. This principle usually asks the environment question (Cali 311). The next principle is the preventive and precautionary. These principles were put together because they kind of feed off one another. Each of the principles listed in the chapter are international environmental norms. After reading this chapter I learned that there are …show more content…
This reading focuses on international environmental agreements and how to main treaties about climate change. The reading goes into depth about climate change and how it affects the international world. This reading was a hypothesis tested reading which gave a lot of data on what was tested. One important thing I learned from this reading is that many people believe human behavior is making a threat on the environment. The reason why states have environmental agreements also seems to be a reoccurring theme in the reading. This reading also discussed the idea of soft and hard law. This is not the first time reading about soft and hard law so every time I read something new about it, my knowledge on the topic grows. The evidence from the reading shows how hard agreements makes shrinking difficult which is key in ensuring