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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... context, following its own political ambitions. A commitment to global strategies may not be an ambition at all. In many ways states compete with each other – for the prosperity of their national economy, for the protection of their ...
... context, following its own political ambitions. A commitment to global strategies may not be an ambition at all. In many ways states compete with each other – for the prosperity of their national economy, for the protection of their ...
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... context of an international legal response the 'danger' is in continuing to apply traditional international law (by adaptation to give it modern meaning and application) and thus perpetuating the environmental crisis to the point of no ...
... context of an international legal response the 'danger' is in continuing to apply traditional international law (by adaptation to give it modern meaning and application) and thus perpetuating the environmental crisis to the point of no ...
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... context of the current estimated global growth rate of about 8 ppbv per annum.34 (iii) Chlorofluorocarbons35 Approximately 12 per cent of the total greenhouse effect is attributed to CFCs, in particular CFC 11 and CFC 12.36 However ...
... context of the current estimated global growth rate of about 8 ppbv per annum.34 (iii) Chlorofluorocarbons35 Approximately 12 per cent of the total greenhouse effect is attributed to CFCs, in particular CFC 11 and CFC 12.36 However ...
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... context of climate change the significance of this approach has now been expressly recognised, at the level of international law and policy, in the text of the 1992 United Nations Climate Change Convention.129 Principle 3(3) states that ...
... context of climate change the significance of this approach has now been expressly recognised, at the level of international law and policy, in the text of the 1992 United Nations Climate Change Convention.129 Principle 3(3) states that ...
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... context of the Gaia theory:153 To exploit a living world on the scale that we do is as foolish as it would be to consider our brains supreme and the cells of other organs expendable. Would we mine our livers for nutrients? Would we raze ...
... context of the Gaia theory:153 To exploit a living world on the scale that we do is as foolish as it would be to consider our brains supreme and the cells of other organs expendable. Would we mine our livers for nutrients? Would we raze ...
Contents
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| 9 | |
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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An Ecological Approach to International Law: Responding to Challenges of ... Prue Taylor Limited preview - 1998 |
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action activities anthropocentric approach areas beyond national Article Barboza’s biosphere Bosselmann Brown Weiss Brownlie carbon dioxide cause chapter Climate Change Convention co-operation common heritage common interest concept concern Conference consequences considered context customary international law damage developing countries discussion documents draft Earth Charter earth’s ecocentric ecological economic ecosystems emissions emphasis added enforcement environmental harm environmental human right environmental protection environmental right example existing future global atmosphere global commons global environment greenhouse effect greenhouse gases humanity’s Ibid impact implementation intergenerational equity international environmental law IPCC IPCC WGI issue Kiss liability limited ment Montreal Protocol national jurisdiction Nuclear Tests obligation to prevent ozone Pardo Parties pollution Principle 21 problems property rights Protocol Quentin-Baxter’s recognise referred regime relevant responsibility Rio Declaration ronmental scientific sea-bed sovereign sovereignty specific state’s Stockholm Declaration suggested territory tion tional topic Trail Smelter transboundary UNCED United Nations Zealand