Revisiting the precautionary principle under the light of 2002-2003 French and international events

Olivier Godard

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Abstract: Revisiting a selection of national (the Charter of the Environment in France) and international (the preventive war launched by the United States against Iraq) 2002-2003 events, the paper reminds the sustained confusion between two concepts: the Precautionary Principle and the Abstention Rule. It then supports the idea that there is no basic antagonism in practical rationalities of risk management across the Atlantic Ocean. But there is a fundamental opposition in each region between two basic usages of the Principle either to promote a progress in settling coordinated action for common concerns or to justify unilateral actions departing from an existing agreed common regime.

Keywords: Precautionary principle; Governance; preventive war; sovereignty; Principe de précaution; Gouvernance; guerre préventive; Souveraineté (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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