Michael Lysander Fremuth is Professor at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law of the University of Vienna and Scientific Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights, Vienna, Austria.Jörn Griebel is Professor of Public Law and International Economic Law at the University of Siegen, Germany.Robert Heinsch is Associate Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies and Director of its Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Draws on expertise from different sectors to give full perspective on the question

Ch. 1 Energy as a Resource for Sustainable DevelopmentCh. 2 Securing of Resources as a Valid Reason for Using Force? A Pre-Emptive Defence of the Prohibition on the Use of ForceCh. 3 Integrating Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources into International Mining LawCh. 4 Extractives for DevelopmentCh. 5 Resource Mining and Human RightsCh. 6 Crimes against the Environment? The Deliberate Destruction of the Natural Environment and Natural Resources during WarCh. 7 Resource Mining and Law of the Sea: Evolving Issues and Challenges for the Indian State PracticeCh. 8 Space Resources and Property Rights - Unilateral and Multilateral ApproachesCh. 9 Natural Resources and Investment Law, in particular Investor State ContractsCh.10 Resources and Investment - Understanding and Misunderstanding the Friction between the Right to Regulate and Investor ProtectionCh. 11 Reforming International Investment Treaties for an Equitable Natural Resource-Related Investment Governance RegimeCh. 12 Authority over Natural Resources: No End of Geography

International law is increasingly applied in the field of natural resources. This reflects the current and challenging problem of mankind, namely how should increasingly rare natural resources or commodities be explored and exploited. This collection draws on the experts in the field to explore questions such as mining and human rights; national resources and investment law; and authority over natural resources. Though asking probing questions from different sectors, each contribution keeps the big picture and the underlying conditions in mind to answer the collection's research questions with one voice.