An Ecological Approach to International Law: Responding to the Challenges of Climate ChangeRoutledge, 2008 M01 28 - 464 pages An Ecological Approach to International Law shows that international environmental law is fundamentally flawed and not equipped to meet global challenges. The book examines international legal responses to global climate change by analysing key concepts such as the doctrine of state sovereignty, the law on state responsibility, environmental rights and common heritage of mankind. |
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... Kiss and Dinah Shelton point out, in the introduction to their text book: 'ethical and philosophical concepts are crucial in understanding the actual nature of environmental law and the challenge it poses to international law'.7 The ...
... Kiss and Dinah Shelton point out, in the introduction to their text book: 'ethical and philosophical concepts are crucial in understanding the actual nature of environmental law and the challenge it poses to international law'.7 The ...
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... Kiss and Shelton 1991: 2. 5 Other potentially relevant principles are referred to but not considered in detail. For example, the principle of shared use of natural resources was not chosen for detailed analysis because it is similar to ...
... Kiss and Shelton 1991: 2. 5 Other potentially relevant principles are referred to but not considered in detail. For example, the principle of shared use of natural resources was not chosen for detailed analysis because it is similar to ...
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... Kiss and Shelton 1991: 13. 8 Ibid.: 19. 9 Albert Einstein, unattributable. 10 Capra 1982: 26. For an interesting discussion of environmental protection in the age of globalisation see Falk 1996. 2 THE SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL DIMENSIONS ...
... Kiss and Shelton 1991: 13. 8 Ibid.: 19. 9 Albert Einstein, unattributable. 10 Capra 1982: 26. For an interesting discussion of environmental protection in the age of globalisation see Falk 1996. 2 THE SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL DIMENSIONS ...
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Contents
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3 State responsibility for environmental harm | 61 |
4 International liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law | 144 |
5 Human rights and the environment | 196 |
6 The common heritage of mankind | 258 |
an opportunity lost? | 323 |
8 Conclusion | 349 |
Appendices | 353 |
Bibliography | 407 |
Index | 431 |
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