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Edith Brown Weiss (born in February 19, 1942) is an American lawyer and legal scholar, who is widely known for her contributions on the subject of International Law; specifically regarding International Environmental Law. Brown attended Stanford University for her undergraduate education, then received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D. in political science from UC Berkeley. In 1994 she served as President of the American Society of international Law, until 1996. She has worked for many international organizations, including the World Bank in 2002, where she was part of the Inspection Panel for five years, and she also is part of the United Nations Environment Programmer’s International Advisory Council on Environmental Justice. Currently, she is the Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law at Georgetown University; she has been a faculty member of Georgetown since 1978. Brown has received many prizes for her work; she was awarded with the Elizabeth Haub prize from the Free University of Brussels, the American Society of International Law’s Certificate of Merit, and the Center for International Environmental Law awarded her with international prize for international environmental law, among others.

 

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·       Edith Brown Weiss, Daniel Barstow Magraw, Stephen C. McCaffrey, Stephanie Tai & A. Dan Tarlock, International Law for the Environment (St. Paul, Minn.: West Academic Publishing 2016 & Documents Supp. 2016).   

·       Edith Brown Weiss, International Law for a Water-Scarce World (Leiden, Neth.: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2013).   

·       Reconciling Environment and Trade (Edith Brown Weiss, John H. Jackson & Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder eds., Leiden, Neth.: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2d ed. 2008).   

·       Edith Brown Weiss, Stephen C. McCaffrey, Daniel Barstow Magraw & A. Dan Tarlock, International Environmental Law and Policy (New York: Aspen Publishers 2d ed. 2007).  

·       Fresh Water and International Economic Law (Edith Brown Weiss, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes & Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder eds., Oxford: Oxford University Press 2005).  

·       Reconciling Environment and Trade (Edith Brown Weiss & John H. Jackson eds., Ardsley, N.Y.: Transnational Publishers 2001).   

·       Selected Essays on Understanding International Institutions and the Legislative Process(Edith Brown Weiss & Paul C. Szasz eds., Ardsley, N.Y.: Transnational Pubishers 2001).   

·       Edith Brown Weiss, Gong ping di dui dai wei lai ren lei: guo ji fa, gong tong yi chan yu shi dai jian heng ping [In Fairness to Future Generations: International Law, Common Patrimony, and Intergenerational Equity] (Wang Jing, Yu Fang & Lin Feng trans., Beijing: Fa lü chu ban she Chinese ed. 2000).   

·       Edith Brown Weiss, Daniel Barstow Magraw & Paul C. Szasz, International Environmental Law: Basic Instruments and References, 1992-1999 (Ardsley, N.Y.: Transnational Publishers 1999).

·       The World Bank, International Financial Institutions, and the Development of International Law (Edith Brown Weiss, Adres Rigo Sureda & Laurence Boisson de Chazournes eds., D.C.: American Society of International Law 1999).   

·       Engaging Countries: Strengthening Compliance with International Environmental Accords (Edith Brown Weiss & Harold K. Jacobson eds., Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press 1998).   

·       Edith Brown Weiss, Stephen C. McCaffrey, Daniel Barstow Magraw, Paul C. Szasz & Robert E. Lutz, International Environmental Law and Policy (New York: Aspen Law & Business 1998).   

·       International Compliance with Nonbinding Accords (Edith Brown Weiss ed., D.C.: American Society of International Law 1997).   

·       Environmental Change and International Law: New Challenges and Dimensions (Edith Brown Weiss ed., Tokyo, Japan: United Nations University Press 1992).   

·       Edith Brown Weiss, Daniel Barstow Magraw & Paul C. Szasz, International Environmental Law: Basic Instruments and References (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Transnational Publishers 1992).   

·       Edith Brown Weiss, In Fairness to Future Generations: International Law, Common Patrimony, and Intergenerational Equity (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Transnational Publishers & Tokyo, Japan: United Nations University 1989).   

·       Edith Brown Weiss, Seyom Brown, Nina W. Cornell & Larry L. Fabian, Regimes for the Ocean: Outer Space & Weather (D.C.: Brookings Institution 1977).  

Sources:

CIEL. "2007 International Environmental Law Award Recipient – Edith Brown Weiss." Center for International Environmental Law, www.ciel.org/about-us/2007-international-environmental-law-award-recipient-edith-brown-weiss/. Accessed 1 Nov. 2017. 

Georgetown University. "Profile Edith Brown Weiss — Georgetown Law." Georgetown Law, www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/weiss-edithbrown.cfm. Accessed 31 Oct. 2017. 

Roberts, Tom. "Cardinal Rodríguez at Georgetown: Without Paris Climate Deal, 'some Countries Will Not Have a Future'." National Catholic Reporter, 4 Nov. 2015, www.ncronline.org/blogs/eco-catholic/cardinal-rodr-guez-georgetown-without-paris-climate-deal-some-countries-will-not.

United Nations. "Dr. Edith Brown Weiss- Biography." United Nations - Office of Legal Affairs, legal.un.org/avl/pdf/ls/Brown-Weiss_bio.pdf. Accessed 1 Nov. 2017.