Human Rights: The Commons and the Collective - Hardcover

Westra, Laura

 
9780774821179: Human Rights: The Commons and the Collective
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0774821175 ISBN 13: 9780774821179
Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2011

Synopsis

International law evolved to protect human rights. But what are human rights? Does the term have the same meaning in a world being transformed by climate change and globalized trade? Are existing laws sufficient to ensure humanity’s survival? Westra argues that international law privileges individual over collective rights, permitting multinational corporations to overlook the collectivity and the environment in their quest for wealth. Unless policy makers redefine human rights and reformulate environmental law to protect the preconditions for life itself - water, food, clean air, and biodiversity - humankind faces the complete loss of the ecological commons, one of our most basic human rights.

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About the Author

Laura Westra holds doctorates in both philosophy and jurisprudence, and has taught in the fields of philosophy, ethics, and environmental law at several US, Canadian, and Italian universities.

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Publisher
Univ of British Columbia Pr
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0774821175
ISBN 13 
9780774821179
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
365

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