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All too often, international environmental law is presented as a
kind of guided tour of different treaties and environmental
problems. Professor Hey succeeds beautifully in articulating the
themes that connect all of these disparate areas, an effort that
both students and scholars will appreciate.' - Daniel Farber,
University of California, Berkeley, US'This volume presents a
superb overview of international environmental law by a long-time
observer. Ellen Hey shares her deep insight into the historical,
environmental, technical and policy context of the law, and
introduces the reader to regulatory techniques and choices, the
main legal tools at actors' disposal, and the key developments in
the field. The result is an accessible, yet sophisticated
introduction to the evolution of the field, and its expanding modes
of action and range of participants.' - Jutta Brunee, University of
Toronto, Canada 'This is a significant contribution from a leading
figure in the field. Of particular note is the effort to embed
international environmental law in its broader context, not only
through the detailed analysis of its foundational principles or of
its deep interactions with other fields of international law but,
more generally, through the overarching theme of the Anthropocene.
It is to be thoroughly recommended.' - Jorge E. Vinuales,
University of Cambridge, UK Elgar Advanced Introductions are
stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the
social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading
scholars. This accessible and concise introduction provides a
salient overview of contemporary international environmental law as
well as a critical assessment of the controversies that arise when
trying to achieve environmental protection through international
law. Covering the origins, content, institutional structure and
accountability mechanisms of international environmental law, in
their social-economic and political context, Ellen Hey discusses
substantive and procedural fairness, thus exploring questions of
distributive justice, accountability and legitimacy. Providing an
invaluable entry point to this complex area of the law, this book
enables a rapid understanding of the core principles of this
multi-faceted topic. Key features include: - Concise and compact
overview - Discusses contemporary developments - Examines IEL's
relationship to other areas of international law - Considers the
social-economic context.
All too often, international environmental law is presented as a
kind of guided tour of different treaties and environmental
problems. Professor Hey succeeds beautifully in articulating the
themes that connect all of these disparate areas, an effort that
both students and scholars will appreciate.' - Daniel Farber,
University of California, Berkeley, US'This volume presents a
superb overview of international environmental law by a long-time
observer. Ellen Hey shares her deep insight into the historical,
environmental, technical and policy context of the law, and
introduces the reader to regulatory techniques and choices, the
main legal tools at actors' disposal, and the key developments in
the field. The result is an accessible, yet sophisticated
introduction to the evolution of the field, and its expanding modes
of action and range of participants.' - Jutta Brunee, University of
Toronto, Canada 'This is a significant contribution from a leading
figure in the field. Of particular note is the effort to embed
international environmental law in its broader context, not only
through the detailed analysis of its foundational principles or of
its deep interactions with other fields of international law but,
more generally, through the overarching theme of the Anthropocene.
It is to be thoroughly recommended.' - Jorge E. Vinuales,
University of Cambridge, UK Elgar Advanced Introductions are
stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the
social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading
scholars. This accessible and concise introduction provides a
salient overview of contemporary international environmental law as
well as a critical assessment of the controversies that arise when
trying to achieve environmental protection through international
law. Covering the origins, content, institutional structure and
accountability mechanisms of international environmental law, in
their social-economic and political context, Ellen Hey discusses
substantive and procedural fairness, thus exploring questions of
distributive justice, accountability and legitimacy. Providing an
invaluable entry point to this complex area of the law, this book
enables a rapid understanding of the core principles of this
multi-faceted topic. Key features include: - Concise and compact
overview - Discusses contemporary developments - Examines IEL's
relationship to other areas of international law - Considers the
social-economic context.
In 2015, the United Nations established seventeen Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) that aimed 'to achieve a better and more
sustainable future for all' by 2030. The chapters within this
collection address each of these SDGs, considering how they relate
to one another and international law, and what institutions could
aid their implementation. Development has been a contentious topic
since the decolonization period after World War II, and issues
surrounding sustainable development are necessarily impacted by the
multifaceted relationship between the Global South and Global
North. Confronting the context and challenge of sustainable
development, this collection outlines how the international
economic system problematizes the attainment of the SDGs.
Introducing a novel, cosmopolitan approach, this book offers new
ways of understanding sustainable development and suggests
potential solutions so that we might finally achieve it.
The precautionary concept has become intrinsic to international
environmental policy, especially with the adoption, in 1992, of the
Rio Declaration at UNCED. Principle 15 of that Declaration provides
that: "In order to protect the environment, the precautionary
approach shall be widely applied by States according to their
capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible
damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a
reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent
environmental degradation." The challenge facing the international
community is how to attain truly precautionary environmental
policies. This challenge is one of changing perceptions as much as
of changing institutions or technical mechanisms. It is a challenge
to our way of viewing the world as much as to our views of the role
of science, or the burden of proof. It also raises a question as to
the role of legal and other regulatory instruments in implementing
the precautionary principle. This question, however, lends itself
to a multifaceted and multidisciplinary approach. After an
introduction to the origins and development of the precautionary
principle, 12 chapters explore a selection of themes relevant to
the implementation of the principle. Where the relationship between
international, national and local policies is concerned, a new
concept is introduced: glocalization. The book concludes with a
synthesis of the opportunities for, and constraints on, the
implementation of the precautionary principle, as identified by the
various authors.
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