Environmental law and justice in context
By: edited by Jonas Ebbesson and Phoebe Okowa.
Contributors: Ebbesson, Jonas.; Okowa, Phoebe N.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge [UK]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9780521879682
Subjects: Environmental law; Environmental justice; Environmental policy
Description: This innovative collection of essays discusses the extent to which considerations of justice and fairness have permeated the legal debate on environmental protection. It has been written by a wide range of contributors who have approached the subject from fresh theoretical and practical perspectives.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : dimensions of justice in environmental law / Jonas Ebbesson; title: The second cycle of ecological urgency : an environmental justice perspective / Richard Falk; title: Describing the elephant : international justice and environmental law / Dinah Shelton; title: Law, justice, and rights : some implications of a global perspective / William Twining; title: Gender and environmental law and justice? : thoughts on sustainable masculinities / Hanne Petersen; title: Participatory rights in natural resource management : the role of communities in South Asia / Jona Razzaque; title: Public participation and the challenges of environmental justice in China / Qun Du; title: Environmental justice through courts in countries in economic Transition / Stephen Stec; title: Environmental justice through environmental courts? : lessons learned from the Swedish experience / Jan Darpo; title: Environmental justice in the European Court of Justice / Ludwig Kramer; title: Environmental justice through international complaints procedures? : comparing the Aarhus Convention and the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation / Malgosia Fitzmaurice; title: Environmental justice in situations of armed conflict / Phoebe Okowa; title: Sovereignty and environmental justice in international law / Andre Nollkaemper; title: Piercing the state veil in the pursuit of environmental justice / Jonas Ebbesson; title: Competing narratives of justice in North-South environmental relations : the case of ozone layer depletion / Karin Mickelson; title: Climate change, global environmental justice and international environmental law / Jutta Brunnee; title: Justice in global environmental negotiations : the case of desertification / Bo kjellen; title: Distributive justice and procedural fairness in global water law / Ellen Hey; title: Environmental justice in the use, knowledge, and exploitation of genetic resources / Philippe Cullet; title: Law, gender, and environmental resources : women's access to environmental justice in East Africa / Patricia Kameri-Mbote; title: The polluter pays principle : dilemmas of justice in national and international contexts / Hans Christian Bugge; title: Corporate activities and environmental justice : perspectives on Sierra Leone's mining / Priscilla Schwartz; title: Environmental justice and international trade law / Nicolas de Sadeleer.