Written by one of the most prolific and provocative thinkers of our
time, Klaus Bosselmann's latest book is set to reaffirm his rank
among the leading environmental law scholars in the world.
Bosselmann cogently argues that we live in deeply troubling times,
characterized as they are by unprecedented socio-ecological
upheaval. His vision is of a global governance order that is
centred on the Earth as an integrated whole and that seeks to
protect the Earth's ecological integrity, especially insofar as the
global commons are concerned. This book is an original, timely and
very welcome (juridical) addition to the growing body of Earth
system governance literature.' - Louis J. Kotze, North-West
University, South Africa, University of Lincoln, UK and
Deputy-Director of the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights
and the Environment'Klaus Bosselmann provides a subtle and
masterful overview of the limits of contemporary law and
nation-state governance in solving our planetary ecological
catastrophes. Even better, he offers a range of practical and
attractive alternatives, most notably the commons and new forms of
trusteeship. We must promptly adopt these new/old legal forms in
order to overcome compulsive economic growth and the delusions of
national sovereignty, and to honor our actual dependence on the
more-than-human world. This book points the way forward.' - David
Bollier, author of Think Like a Commoner and cofounder of the
Commons Strategies Group 'This book takes a fresh look at
governance of the environment, from the long-neglected perspective
of international trusteeship: What if sovereign states were not the
legal 'owners' of our planet's common natural resources, but mere
'trustees' on behalf of people (present and future) as the ultimate
beneficiaries? Thoroughly documented and brilliantly pleaded,
Bosselmann's work opens a whole new research agenda on how to hold
governments and international organizations accountable to citizens
in an age of global environmental democracy.' - Peter H. Sand,
University of Munich, Germany The predicament of uncontrolled
growth in a finite world puts the global commons - such as oceans,
atmosphere, and biosphere - at risk. So far, states have not found
the means to protect what, essentially, is outside their
jurisdiction. However, the jurisprudence of international law has
matured to a point that makes global governance beyond
state-negotiated compromises both possible and desirable. This book
makes an ambitious, yet well-researched and convincing, case for
trusteeship governance. Earth Governance shows how the United
Nations, together with states, can draw from their own traditions
to develop new, effective regimes of environmental trusteeship.
Klaus Bosselmann argues that the integrity of the earth's
ecological system depends on institutional reform, and that only an
ethic of stewardship and trusteeship will create the institutions,
laws and policies powerful enough to reclaim and protect the global
commons. This comprehensive exploration of environmental governance
will appeal to scholars and students of environmental law, and
international law and relations, as well as to UN and government
officials and policymakers.
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