Human rights and the environment
By: edited by Dinah L. Shelton, Manatt/Ahn Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, USA, member, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Contributors: Sax, Joseph L.
Series: Human rights law -- 2; An Elgar research collection
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited; Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1376
ISBN-13: 9781849801386
Subjects: Human rights; International Environmental law
Work titles: Human rights and the environment (2011)
Description: In this topical collection, Professor Dinah Shelton brings together seminal articles published since the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment that discuss and debate the linkages between human rights and environmental protection. This comprehensive two-volume set successfully encompasses the various approaches and thinking of the leading scholars in the field and is enhanced with an original introduction by the editor. This authoritative and timely book will be of great interest to lawyers, policy-makers, advocates and academics and will serve as an excellent reference tool for anyone with an interest in human rights and the environment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.