Principles of Petroleum Legislation: The Case of a Developing Country

The chapters in this volume are based on the papers that were presented at the Calcutta seminar organized in March 1992 by the ILA Committee on Lehal Aspects of a New International Economic Order (NIEO). The conference focused on the right to development, in particular its ideas & ideology, human rights aspects & implementation in specific areas of international law. The volume is accordingly organized in three parts. The chapters cover a vast area of subjects, derived from the UN Declaration of the Right to Development. From the developed & underdeveloped world 33 authors discuss topics including: contents, scope & implementation of the right to development; human rights of individuals & peoples; co-operation between the European Community & the Lome IV states; current developments in investments treaties; refugee protection; development & democracy; concept of sustainable development; environmental issues; protection of intellectual property; transfer of technology; human rights in international financial institutions; & the legal conceptualization of the debt crisis. Professor Oscar Schachter observes in the first chapter that the Declaration continues to be a 'challenging subject for legal commentary' for its 'detable legal status, its combination of collective & individual rights, its expansive conception of development & its equivocal obligation'. Apart from support, doubts about the concept to the right to development may also be found in this volume.Al-Qasem, A. is the author of 'Principles of Petroleum Legislation: The Case of a Developing Country', published 1985 under ISBN 9780860105602 and ISBN 0860105601.