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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... example, the principle of shared use of natural resources was not chosen for detailed analysis because it is similar to state responsibility in that it takes an essentially transboundary approach to environmental harm. A number of ...
... example, the principle of shared use of natural resources was not chosen for detailed analysis because it is similar to state responsibility in that it takes an essentially transboundary approach to environmental harm. A number of ...
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... example, the Netherlands predict that minimum adjustments to their water management systems, for a 1 metre sea-level rise, would cost several billion US dollars.77 In the absence of adaptation, estimated land loss is significant with ...
... example, the Netherlands predict that minimum adjustments to their water management systems, for a 1 metre sea-level rise, would cost several billion US dollars.77 In the absence of adaptation, estimated land loss is significant with ...
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... example, adaptive or preventive or, both?110 At what level should strategies be implemented: international, regional or national? Which greenhouse gases should be controlled?111 Fourth, if the impacts are uneven, with some states ...
... example, adaptive or preventive or, both?110 At what level should strategies be implemented: international, regional or national? Which greenhouse gases should be controlled?111 Fourth, if the impacts are uneven, with some states ...
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... example, indicate the direction of decision-making, but does not indicate the parameters of decision-making. What are these parameters? What are they determined by? How are their consequences to be monitored and measured? It is argued ...
... example, indicate the direction of decision-making, but does not indicate the parameters of decision-making. What are these parameters? What are they determined by? How are their consequences to be monitored and measured? It is argued ...
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... example from this chart; an exploitative value system has led, on the one hand, to unqualified economic growth, large-scale consumption, industrial pollution and carbon dioxide accumulation, and on the other, to third-world poverty ...
... example from this chart; an exploitative value system has led, on the one hand, to unqualified economic growth, large-scale consumption, industrial pollution and carbon dioxide accumulation, and on the other, to third-world poverty ...
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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An Ecological Approach to International Law: Responding to Challenges of ... Prue Taylor Limited preview - 1998 |
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