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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... climate change. International law relies on state autonomy, climate change on state dependency, yet both are to be ... Convention on Climate Change2 the international community has accepted the challenge of climate change. Obligations to ...
... climate change. International law relies on state autonomy, climate change on state dependency, yet both are to be ... Convention on Climate Change2 the international community has accepted the challenge of climate change. Obligations to ...
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... Climate Change Convention, is an important developing principle which is yet to be fully defined, see e.g. Hohmann ... environmental protection in the age of globalisation see Falk 1996. 2 THE SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE ...
... Climate Change Convention, is an important developing principle which is yet to be fully defined, see e.g. Hohmann ... environmental protection in the age of globalisation see Falk 1996. 2 THE SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE ...
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... climate change has, since the late 1980s, become an issue of critical international significance. It was quickly ... Convention on Climate Change, and therefore provide an appropriate 9 2 The scientific and ethical dimensions of the ...
... climate change has, since the late 1980s, become an issue of critical international significance. It was quickly ... Convention on Climate Change, and therefore provide an appropriate 9 2 The scientific and ethical dimensions of the ...
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Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change Prue Taylor. Humanity has interfered with natural levels of methane by ... Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer ('Vienna Convention')40 and the Montreal Protocol on Substances ...
Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change Prue Taylor. Humanity has interfered with natural levels of methane by ... Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer ('Vienna Convention')40 and the Montreal Protocol on Substances ...
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... 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 Principle 3(3) states that: The ...
... 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 Principle 3(3) states that: The ...
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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