Environmental Law and Justice in Context - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052187968X ISBN 13: 9780521879682

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This collection of essays discusses the extent to which considerations of justice and fairness have permeated the legal debate on environmental protection. Written by a wide range of contributors who have approached the subject from fresh theoretical and practical perspectives, the essays examine how these permutations of justice have influenced policy choices relating to topics like climate change, protection of the stratospheric zone, trade and the conduct of warfare. The significance of participatory rights as a medium for the realisation of environmental justice is given extended treatment, and the contributors also assess the congruence between environmental justice and structural issues, such as gender, class, state borders and, on a global scale, North-South relations. The book will inform and stimulate debate on an important-yet-neglected aspect of the environmental discourse, and is highly recommended for researchers and students of international and domestic law, political science and international relations.

About this title

Book Description:

This collection of essays discusses the extent to which considerations of justice and fairness have permeated the legal debate on environmental protection, examining their influence on policy choices relating to topics like climate change, protection of the stratospheric zone, trade, state borders and the conduct of warfare.

About the Author:

Jonas Ebbesson is Director of the Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre, Stockholm University.

Phoebe Okowa is a Reader in Public International Law at Queen Mary, University of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 052187968X
• ISBN 13: 9780521879682
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Ebbesson Jonas, Okowa Phoebe