International Law Review

International Law Review

The Fragility of the Borders of Precautionary and Preventive Principles

Document Type : academic

Authors
ayat moulaee 1
hassan lotfi 2
1 Corresponding author, Assistant professor of public law, Bu-Ali university of Hamedan
2 Assistant professor of public and international law, University of Judicial Sciences and Administrative Services, Tehran
10.22066/cilamag.2019.35085
Abstract
Some legal principles have a close conceptual boundary between them so that researchers sometimes become confused in applying such principles. In this article,using the descriptive-analytic method,it has been tried to recognize the conceptual boundaries of precautionary and preventive principles from each other and to explain that the precautionary principle concerns scientific uncertainty from effects of the act and is exercisedbefore the start of the act. Whereas the preventive principle is applicable in the stage before the start of the act too, it is exercised when there is no scientific certainty to effects of the act. Therefore, in recognizing the boundaries of these principles, in spite of the longitudinal relationship existing between the two principles, there is a fragile boundary between them due to the existence of similar mechanisms and legal consequences.
Keywords
Precautionary Principle
Preventive Principle
Scientific Certainty
Scientific Uncertainty
Damage

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  • Receive Date 27 July 2017
  • Revise Date 05 December 2017
  • Accept Date 27 January 2018