NEW PUBLICATIONS.

* AmCham EU Information Handbook - 2003

The EU Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce has updated its EU Information Handbook for 2003. As an innovation, this year's edition, the sixteenth, incorporates photos of all Commissioners and office numbers of all Commission officials from Head of Unit upwards. The handbook also provides its customary detailed breakdown of the EU's institutions and working methods, as well as governmental and non-governmental organisations and research sources. EU candidate countries and US Government organs are also covered extensively. Further information from The EU Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce, Ave des Arts 50, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: (+32) 2/513 68 92, Fax: (+32) 2/513 79 28, email eucommittee@amcham.be, website www.eucommittee.be

* Environmental Principles: from Political slogans to Legal Rules

This book by Nicolas de Sadeleer traces the evolution of environmental principles from their origins as vague political slogans to their embodiment in international conventions, EU Directives and national laws. The author examines the legal force of the polluter-pays, preventive and precautionary principles and in the process offers a novel theory of norm formation in environmental law by unearthing new grounds of legality. It studies their impact at the national, regional and international levels. This innovative analysis is essential reading for scholars and practitioners working on environmental law and policy. It carries on from a 1999 publication in French on two of these key principles (Les principes du pollueur-payeur, de prevention et de precaution - Essai sur la genese et la portee juridique du droit de l'environnement (Editions Bruylant/AUF, Bruxelles) A legal expert on the precautionary principle in Europe, Nicolas de Sadeleer is Professor of Law and Director of the Environmental Law Centre at the Facultes Universitaires Saint-Louis in Brussels. He is a member of the IUCN and sits on the board of Environmental Law Network International. (Environmental Principles in an Age of Risk: from Political Slogans to Legal Rules

- Oxford University Press, 2002 - 430p - ISBN 0-19-925474-5 - GBP60.00 - To order: OUP Tel: +44 (0)1536 454534 - Fax: +44(0)1536 454518 - Email: book.orders@oup.co.uk/bookshop/ - Internet...