Thoughts on ‘Theory’, International Law and Environmental Law Scholarship

Some Thoughts on Benford’s Law

For many systems, there is a bias in the distribution of the first digits. For example, if one looks at the first digit of 2 in base 10, as n ranges over the positive integers, one observes 1 about 30% of the time (and not 1 9 ≈ .11% of the time as one might expect). This bias is known as Benford’s Law, and occurs in a variety of phenomena. In fact, the IRS uses Benford’s Law to check the tax r...

International environmental law and global public health.

The environment continues to be a source of ill-health for many people, particularly in developing countries. International environmental law offers a viable strategy for enhancing public health through the promotion of increased awareness of the linkages between health and environment, mobilization of technical and financial resources, strengthening of research and monitoring, enforcement of h...

Development of the concept of “Environmental Damage” in International environmental law

Evolution of the concept of “environmental damages” is one of the aspects of development in international environmental law. In fact, after increasing global environmental problems and lack of efficiency in international environmental law to prevent the damage, unifying the concept of “environmental damage” in the law is being considered as a solution for this matter. Moreover, development of i...

Globalization and the Theory of International Law

concept and princioples in international environmental law

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