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Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

AvJamie Benidickson,Ben Boer,Antonio Herman Benjamin,Karen Morrow

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This book examines the development of environmental law in the period since the ground-breaking 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development or 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro. It demonstrates that a great deal has been achieved in the field of environmental law since the 1990s. However, the extraordinary environmental crises facing humanity in the 21st century indicate a continuing urgent need for the generation of robust policies and frameworks concerning ecological, socio-cultural and economic sustainability, implemented through appropriately innovative legal mechanisms. The book is divided into five sub-themes of sustainability: history, principles and concepts; environmental rights; access to justice and liability issues; natural resources, energy and climate change; and nature conservation. It includes expert legal opinion on developments to date, engaging with key themes from a broad selection of jurisdictions and perspectives. The analyses extend across public and private law to reflect the manifold areas which are rightly and necessarily the concern of environmental and sustainability law. Its contents offer not only critiques of developments to date, but also constructive engagement with matters of pressing concern to all. Written from a global perspective, this book will be an invaluable reference for academics, postgraduate students, practitioners and policy-makers concerned with environmental law and sustainability.Contributors: J. Benidickson, A.H. Benjamin, B. Boer, M.N. Camargos, M.A. Cohen, J.A.F. Costa, A. Daibert, J. de Cendra de Larragán, A. de Garay Sánchez, F. de Salles Cavedon, J.W. Dellapenna, A. du Plessis, W. du Plessis, J.J. González, D. Hodas, E. Kasimbazi, R. Kibugi, F.R. Loures, N. Lugaresi, K. Morrow, C. Odidi Okidi, A. Paterson, N.A. Robinson, W. Scholtz, F. Sola, R. Stanziola Vieira, M.B. Tekle, S. Teles da Silva

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Utgivningsdatum2011-08-31
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieThe IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9780857932242

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Contents:1. Introduction: Environmental Law and Sustainability after RioJamie Benidickson, Ben Boer, Antonio Herman Benjamin and Karen MorrowPART I: HISTORY, PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF SUSTAINABILITY2. Reflecting on Rio: Environmental Law in the Coming DecadesNicholas A. Robinson3. Capacity Building in Environmental Law in African UniversitiesCharles Odidi Okidi4. Local Agenda 21: A Rights-based Approach to Local Environmental GovernanceAnél du Plessis5. Brazilian ‘Socioambientalismo’ and Environmental JusticeFernanda de Salles Cavedon and Ricardo Stanziola Vieira6. Risk Society and the Precautionary PrincipleMiriam Alfie Cohen and Adrián de Garay Sánchez7. Measuring the Environment through Public ProcurementNicola LugaresiPART II: ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS, ACCESS TO JUSTICEAND LIABILITY ISSUES8. A Sustainable and Equitable Legal OrderWerner Scholtz9. The Courts and Public Participation in Environmental Decision-makingKaren Morrow10. Enchanced Access to Environmental Justice in KenyaRobert Kibugi11. Towards a New Theory of Environmental Liability Without Proof of DamageJosé Juan González12. Diffuse Damages in Environmental Torts in BrazilArlindo DaibertPART III: NATURAL RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY13. Transboundary Aquifers: Towards Substantive and Process Reform in Treaty-makingJoseph W. Dellapenna and Flavia Rocha Loures14. Achieving Sustainability: Plant Breeders’ and Farmers’ RightsMekete Bekele TeklePART IV: ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY15. International Law and Sustainable Energy: A Portrait of FailureDavid Hodas16. Cross-border Gas Pipelines and Sustainability in Southern AfricaWillemien du Plessis17. Is EU Climate Change Policy Legally Robust? Javier de Cendra de Larragán18. Combating Climate Change in UgandaEmmanuel KasimbaziPART V: NATURE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY19. Contractual Tools for Implementing the CBD in South AfricaAlexander Paterson20. Mangrove Swamps and SustainabilityMarcelo Nogueira Camargos and Solange Teles da Silva21. The Amazonian Treaty and Harmonisation of Environmental LegislationJosé Augusto Fontoura Costa, Solange Teles da Silva and Fernanda SolaIndex

’The Rio Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 was a watershed in environmental law and sustainable development. It unleashed hopes and expectations particularly for the developing countries and the poor and disadvantaged in the global community. The editors have admirably, through a galaxy of leading and eminent intellectuals from the North and the South, analysed the promise of Rio and its impact in the last two decades. It is a remarkable balance sheet of success and failure, of achievements and disappointments. The narrative is compelling and gripping. A must-read for courses in environmental law and policy.’