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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... global climate change and develop common strategies. But how successful has this been? An Ecological Approach to International Law shows that international environmental law is fundamentally flawed and not equipped to meet global ...
... global climate change and develop common strategies. But how successful has this been? An Ecological Approach to International Law shows that international environmental law is fundamentally flawed and not equipped to meet global ...
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... International environmental law is, no doubt, the most dynamic area of international law. The first, and now standard text book in this area rightly described international environmental law as having 'had the greatest impact ...
... International environmental law is, no doubt, the most dynamic area of international law. The first, and now standard text book in this area rightly described international environmental law as having 'had the greatest impact ...
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... environmental crisis. Because our laws reflect and affirm this environmental ethic they have become part of the problem – international environmental law merely perpetuates the crisis and is reduced to a means of suppressing the ...
... environmental crisis. Because our laws reflect and affirm this environmental ethic they have become part of the problem – international environmental law merely perpetuates the crisis and is reduced to a means of suppressing the ...
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... international environmental law is inadequate not only because of a variety of particular limitations, but because, in confirming the prevailing ethic, it perpetuates the environmental crisis. It is thus the product of the thinking with ...
... international environmental law is inadequate not only because of a variety of particular limitations, but because, in confirming the prevailing ethic, it perpetuates the environmental crisis. It is thus the product of the thinking with ...
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Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change Prue Taylor. CAUSES Traditional environmental ethic SYMPTOMS Interrelated environmental problems including greenhouse effect ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS Existing International Environmental Law ...
Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change Prue Taylor. CAUSES Traditional environmental ethic SYMPTOMS Interrelated environmental problems including greenhouse effect ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS Existing International Environmental Law ...
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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