International Law in Disaster Scenarios

Disastrous Law: International Law and the Shock-absorption of Disaster - International Law in Disaster Scenarios: Applicable Rules and Principles. By Flavia Zorzi Giustiniani. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2021. Pp. xiv, 209. Index. - Law and Disaster: Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Meltdown in Japan. By Shigenori Matsui. New York, NY: Routledge, 2019. Pp. xi, 284. Index. - All is Well: Catastrophe and the Making of the Normal State. By Saptarishi Bandopadhyay. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2022.

“…147 Read together, these texts suggest that international disaster law and policy are not just "poorly organized." 148 They are manifestly disastrous in ways that the planet, and all that inhabit it, can no longer afford to indulge.…”

‘International Law in Disaster Scenarios – Applicable Rules and Principles’, written by Flavia Zorzi Giustiniani

“…Moreover, and unlike charity, it is a relationship among formal equals that is based on interdependence and a certain element of mutuality, even if not strict reciprocity. 16 The ongoing progress made by international cooperation in disaster response, the author suggests, are increasingly based on such solidarity, which indeed increasingly shapes the area. Apart from the theoretical application of international cooperation and solidarity, the author also focuses on the application of solidarity in practice, which is examined through the R2P doctrine (which is also analysed in Part II) and the European Union legal order.…”