Directory of Scholars
BHARAT H. DESAI
B.COM.; LL.B.; LL.M.; M.PHIL.; PH.D.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CHAIR IN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND CHAIRMAN, CILS/SIS
Primary Research Interests
- Climate change law
- Cultural heritage law
- Enforcement & compliance issues
- Environmental dispute resolution (litigation, mediation, etc)
- International environmental law
Secondary Research Interests
- Constitutional law and the environment
- Environmental ethics & justice
- Environmental politics
- Human rights & the environment
- Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
Selected Publications
- Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Legal Status of the Secretariats, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- International Environmental Governance: Towards UNEPO?, Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), 2009.
- Stabilizing Climate Change: Legal & Institutional Issues, Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), 2009.
- UNEP: A Global Environmental Authority?, Environmental Policy & Law, vol.36, nos.3-4, 2006, pp.137-157.
- Creeping Institutionalization: Multilateral Environmental Agreements & Human Security, Bonn, United Nations University-EHS, 2006.
- Institutionalizing International Environmental Law, New York, Transnational Publishers, 2003.
- Strengthening Environmental Legislation in India, Presented to Asian Development Bank (Manila), New Delhi, WWF India, 1999.
- Environmental Laws of India : Basic Documents, New Delhi, Lancers Books, 1994, pp. 438 + x
- Water Pollution in India: Law & Enforcement, New Delhi, Lancers Books, 1990, pp. 282 + xiii