The Normative Status of the Precautionary Principle

The book scrutinizes and ascertains the normative status of the precautionary principle, a principle which guides decision making in times of scientific uncertainty. A meticulous investigation of the principle's status is thoroughly done in lights of treaties, customs, general principles of laws and judicial decisions. An attempt to combine both the hard and soft international laws is made towards the establishment of the customary international law status of the precautionary principle.