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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... Action New Zealand Resource Management Act Universal Declaration of Human Rights United Nations United Nations Conference on Environment and Development United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Environment Programme ...
... Action New Zealand Resource Management Act Universal Declaration of Human Rights United Nations United Nations Conference on Environment and Development United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Environment Programme ...
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... action by all states. They are also aware that developing states are predicted to be the biggest contributors to the greenhouse effect in the future.122 If these conflicts are not resolved attempts to respond to the greenhouse effect ...
... action by all states. They are also aware that developing states are predicted to be the biggest contributors to the greenhouse effect in the future.122 If these conflicts are not resolved attempts to respond to the greenhouse effect ...
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... action of the ionosphere and many other factors which have definite rhythms of operation. Mankind is part of this organic planetary whole. The much debated Gaia hypothesis, advanced by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis, demonstrates both ...
... action of the ionosphere and many other factors which have definite rhythms of operation. Mankind is part of this organic planetary whole. The much debated Gaia hypothesis, advanced by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis, demonstrates both ...
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... action against the polluter, the depleter of natural resources, the destroyer of species and wildernesses. For the major sources of our ecological disasters – apart from ignorance – are greed and short-sightedness. Passmore is here ...
... action against the polluter, the depleter of natural resources, the destroyer of species and wildernesses. For the major sources of our ecological disasters – apart from ignorance – are greed and short-sightedness. Passmore is here ...
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... action and a basis for the development of ecological consciousness. As Alan Miller puts it, an ecocentric ethic encourages us to think holistically and to place limits on our actions.200 The above discussion has: (a) identified the ...
... action and a basis for the development of ecological consciousness. As Alan Miller puts it, an ecocentric ethic encourages us to think holistically and to place limits on our actions.200 The above discussion has: (a) identified the ...
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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