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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... Flexibility of meaning 293 295 297 6.6 A new principle of international law : the ' common heritage of life ' 297 6.6.1 The ethical issue 299 6.6.2 Protection of the global environment 304 6.7 Implementation of ix CONTENTS.
... Flexibility of meaning 293 295 297 6.6 A new principle of international law : the ' common heritage of life ' 297 6.6.1 The ethical issue 299 6.6.2 Protection of the global environment 304 6.7 Implementation of ix CONTENTS.
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... Implementation of Common Heritage of Life: a global environmental treaty 305 6.8 Conclusion 309 7 Rio: an opportunity lost? 323 7.1 Introduction 323 7.2 7.3 The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development 323 ...
... Implementation of Common Heritage of Life: a global environmental treaty 305 6.8 Conclusion 309 7 Rio: an opportunity lost? 323 7.1 Introduction 323 7.2 7.3 The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development 323 ...
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... Implementation and innovation are , therefore , equally important for international law's success . In negotiating and adopting the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change2 the international community has accepted the ...
... Implementation and innovation are , therefore , equally important for international law's success . In negotiating and adopting the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change2 the international community has accepted the ...
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... implement effective responses, a full appreciation of the deficiencies of existing principles and concepts is critical to the further development of new international environmental law. International law typically develops only slowly ...
... implement effective responses, a full appreciation of the deficiencies of existing principles and concepts is critical to the further development of new international environmental law. International law typically develops only slowly ...
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... implementing it into a global environmental treaty. The Chinese term for 'crisis' is wei-ji. It is composed of the characters for 'danger' and 'opportunity'.10 In the context of an international legal response the 'danger' is in ...
... implementing it into a global environmental treaty. The Chinese term for 'crisis' is wei-ji. It is composed of the characters for 'danger' and 'opportunity'.10 In the context of an international legal response the 'danger' is in ...
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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