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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... chapter which deals primarily with the scientific analysis of what the greenhouse effect is and why it confronts us as a major environmental issue. The second part of this chapter takes a different approach, one which involves a deeper ...
... chapter which deals primarily with the scientific analysis of what the greenhouse effect is and why it confronts us as a major environmental issue. The second part of this chapter takes a different approach, one which involves a deeper ...
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... In view of the general state of scientific uncertainty, it is necessary to state clearly that the following chapters of this book proceed on 24 SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL DIMENSIONS 2.7 Responding to scientific uncertainty.
... In view of the general state of scientific uncertainty, it is necessary to state clearly that the following chapters of this book proceed on 24 SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL DIMENSIONS 2.7 Responding to scientific uncertainty.
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... chapter that debates within the field of environmental ethics have much to offer in the pursuit of answers to such questions. Other, more specific premises for the following chapters are: b Carbon dioxide from fossil fuel emissions and ...
... chapter that debates within the field of environmental ethics have much to offer in the pursuit of answers to such questions. Other, more specific premises for the following chapters are: b Carbon dioxide from fossil fuel emissions and ...
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... chapters will demonstrate is currently reflected by international environmental law, and a new ecocentric ethic, which I suggest should replace it. The first and most dominant stream of ecophilosophical thinking can be called 'Resource ...
... chapters will demonstrate is currently reflected by international environmental law, and a new ecocentric ethic, which I suggest should replace it. The first and most dominant stream of ecophilosophical thinking can be called 'Resource ...
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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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