An Ecological Approach to International Law: Responding to the Challenges of Climate ChangeAn 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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One of the consequences of state sovereignty is that the law fails to adequately recognise, and thus protect, the global environment. But, a proper assessment of the law demands that we look much deeper than state sovereignty.
One of the consequences of state sovereignty is that the law fails to adequately recognise, and thus protect, the global environment. But, a proper assessment of the law demands that we look much deeper than state sovereignty.
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Alternatively, the 'opportunity' lies in realising the reality of a unified biosphere, recognising the flaws in our ethics, our thinking and in current international environmental law and in developing new ethics, thinking and ...
Alternatively, the 'opportunity' lies in realising the reality of a unified biosphere, recognising the flaws in our ethics, our thinking and in current international environmental law and in developing new ethics, thinking and ...
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It was quickly recognised that a response to the problem demanded the best possible co-operation between nations, and some firm agreement on the scientific nature of climate change upon which impacts could then be calculated and ...
It was quickly recognised that a response to the problem demanded the best possible co-operation between nations, and some firm agreement on the scientific nature of climate change upon which impacts could then be calculated and ...
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In order to consider this phenomenon in the proper perspective, one must first recognise a fact long known by climatologists, namely that climate is not a static feature of the Earth environment. Climate is a dynamic regime subject to ...
In order to consider this phenomenon in the proper perspective, one must first recognise a fact long known by climatologists, namely that climate is not a static feature of the Earth environment. Climate is a dynamic regime subject to ...
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In the particular 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 ...
In the particular 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 ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 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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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Ecological Approach to International Law: Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change |
| Author | Prue Taylor |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1134715862, 9781134715862 |
| Length | 464 pages |
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