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1 Introduction -- PART ONE. UN AND OIC INSTITUTIONAL LAW-MAKING. 2 UN and OIC Law-Making Concepts: I. Terrorism ; II. Foundational Islamic Concepts ; III. Institutional Legal Orders ; IV. The Nature and Law-Making Function of Values,Principles, and Rules -- 3 The OIC as an International Organization. I. The Creation of the OIC ; II. The OICfs Basic Institutional Qualities ; III. OIC Law-Making and OIC Law ; IV. The Forms and Characteristics of OIC Law ; V. OIC Approaches to Internal and Inter-State Crises and Disputes.

Introduction / Susan C. Breau and Katja L.H. Samuel -- Global capitalism and the crisis of the public interest - sleepwalking into diaster / Christopher Newdick -- Closing 'the yawning gap'? International disaster response law at fifteen / Kiresten Nakjavani Bookmiller -- Responses by states / Susan C. Breau -- Human rights and natural disasters / Kristian Cedervall Lauta -- Adverse human agency and disasters : a role for international criminal law? / Evelyne Schmid -- The international humanitarian law framework for humanitarian relief during armed conflicts and complex emergencies / Tilman Rodenhäuser and Gilles Giacca -- Disasters, internatonal environmetal law and the Antropocene / Tim Stephens -- Sustainable development and disasters / Tahmina Karimova -- Disasters and international trade and investment law - the state's regulatory autonomy between risk protection and exception justification / Leïla Choukroune -- Responses by private corporations / Stefano Silingardi -- An evolving role for law and policy in addressing food security before, during and after a disaster / Anastasia Telesetsky -- Security implications of conflicts, crises and disasters in the international energy industry : legal and policy considerations / Tade Oyewunmi -- Water security / Ha Le Phan and Inga T. Winkler -- Tackling water contamination : development, human rights and disaster risk reduction / Marie Aronsson-Storrier and Haythem Salama -- The International law of wildfires / Michael Eburn -- Displacement in the context of disasters and adverse effects of climate change / Walter Kälin and Hannah Entwisle Chapuisat -- The protection of vulnerable groups / Mary Crock -- Disasters causd in cyberspace / James A. Green -- National contingency planning / Simon Whitbourn -- A duty of solidarity? The International law commission's draft articles and the right to offer assistance in disasters / Therese O'Donnell and Craig Allan -- Building resilience in post-conflict disaster contexts : children and transitional justice / Alison Bisset -- Dispute settlement in the aftermath of disasters / Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne

"The number, intensity, and impact of diverse forms of 'natural' and 'human-made' disasters are increasing. In response, the international community has shifted its primary focus away from disaster response to prevention and improved preparedness. The current globally agreed upon roadmap is the ambitious Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, central to which is the better understanding of disaster risk management and mitigation. Sendai also urges innovative implementation, especially multi-sectoral and multi-hazard coherence. Yet the law sector itself remains relatively under-developed, including a paucity of supporting 'DRR law' scholarship and minimal cross-sectoral engagement. Commonly, this is attributable to limited understanding by other sectors about law's dynamic potential as a tool of disaster risk mitigation, despite the availability of many risk-related norms across a broad spectrum of legal regimes. This unique, timely Handbook brings together global and multi-sector perspectives on one of the most pressing policy issues of our time"--