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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... consequences are global in scope and most of the world's states contribute to the problem although a handful of developed states are the primary contributors. However, there are some critical differences. First, the specific sources of ...
... consequences are global in scope and most of the world's states contribute to the problem although a handful of developed states are the primary contributors. However, there are some critical differences. First, the specific sources of ...
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... consequences of failing to respond are overwhelming; if humanity waits for the consequences to manifest themselves unequivocally, they may be irreversible. Such a course of wait and see would be irresponsible and potentially fatal. If ...
... consequences of failing to respond are overwhelming; if humanity waits for the consequences to manifest themselves unequivocally, they may be irreversible. Such a course of wait and see would be irresponsible and potentially fatal. If ...
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... consequences will be global. It is truly an international problem.135 These three points of interdependence achieved international recognition and prominence as a consequence of the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and ...
... consequences will be global. It is truly an international problem.135 These three points of interdependence achieved international recognition and prominence as a consequence of the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and ...
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... consequences of the anthropocentric ethic, within the context of the Gaia theory:153 To exploit a living world on the scale that we do is as foolish as it would be to consider our brains supreme and the cells of other organs expendable ...
... consequences of the anthropocentric ethic, within the context of the Gaia theory:153 To exploit a living world on the scale that we do is as foolish as it would be to consider our brains supreme and the cells of other organs expendable ...
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... consequence(s) of the act, is of paramount importance in determining its morality. Thus, if the motive for ... consequences of an act (i.e., the greatest good for the greatest number of people) was the measure of its morality ...
... consequence(s) of the act, is of paramount importance in determining its morality. Thus, if the motive for ... consequences of an act (i.e., the greatest good for the greatest number of people) was the measure of its morality ...
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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