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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Page vii
... Problems and conflicts 22 2.7 Responding to scientific uncertainty 24 2.8 The ethical dimensions of the greenhouse effect 26 3 State responsibility for environmental harm 61 3.1 Introduction 61 3.2 The obligation to prevent ...
... Problems and conflicts 22 2.7 Responding to scientific uncertainty 24 2.8 The ethical dimensions of the greenhouse effect 26 3 State responsibility for environmental harm 61 3.1 Introduction 61 3.2 The obligation to prevent ...
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... problem. And as Einstein observed: 'The significant problems we have created cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.'9 Thus, the book's second primary objective is to suggest a new principle of ...
... problem. And as Einstein observed: 'The significant problems we have created cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.'9 Thus, the book's second primary objective is to suggest a new principle of ...
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... problems including greenhouse effect ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS Existing International Environmental Law State Responsibility International Liability Human Rights Common Heritage of Mankind Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment ...
... problems including greenhouse effect ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS Existing International Environmental Law State Responsibility International Liability Human Rights Common Heritage of Mankind Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment ...
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... problems and conflicts. Consideration of these questions is the task of the first part of this chapter which deals primarily with the scientific analysis of what the greenhouse effect is and why it confronts us as a major environmental ...
... problems and conflicts. Consideration of these questions is the task of the first part of this chapter which deals primarily with the scientific analysis of what the greenhouse effect is and why it confronts us as a major environmental ...
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... problems are likely to be vast and complex. In the absence of adaptation measures, a 50 cm sea-level rise would put around 92 million people at risk from flooding. Adaptation is not a simple option, to give one example, the Netherlands ...
... problems are likely to be vast and complex. In the absence of adaptation measures, a 50 cm sea-level rise would put around 92 million people at risk from flooding. Adaptation is not a simple option, to give one example, the Netherlands ...
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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