Good neighborliness is a
general principle of
international law
International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...
with particular importance for the field of
international environmental law
Environmental law is a collective term encompassing aspects of the law that provide protection to the environment. A related but distinct set of regulatory regimes, now strongly influenced by environmental legal principles, focus on the manage ...
. The principle "obligates states to try to reconcile their interests with the interests of neighboring states", and found expression in a number of 20th Century international legal rulings, most notably the
Trail smelter arbitration between the United States and Canada.
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