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This book examines the development of environmental law in the
period since the ground-breaking 1992 United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development or 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro. It
demonstrates that a great deal has been achieved in the field of
environmental law since the 1990s. However, the extraordinary
environmental crises facing humanity in the 21st century indicate a
continuing urgent need for the generation of robust policies and
frameworks concerning ecological, socio-cultural and economic
sustainability, implemented through appropriately innovative legal
mechanisms. The book is divided into five sub-themes of
sustainability: history, principles and concepts; environmental
rights; access to justice and liability issues; natural resources,
energy and climate change; and nature conservation. It includes
expert legal opinion on developments to date, engaging with key
themes from a broad selection of jurisdictions and perspectives.
The analyses extend across public and private law to reflect the
manifold areas which are rightly and necessarily the concern of
environmental and sustainability law. Its contents offer not only
critiques of developments to date, but also constructive engagement
with matters of pressing concern to all. Written from a global
perspective, this book will be an invaluable reference for
academics, postgraduate students, practitioners and policy-makers
concerned with environmental law and sustainability. Contributors:
J. Benidickson, A.H. Benjamin, B. Boer, M.N. Camargos, M.A. Cohen,
J.A.F. Costa, A. Daibert, J. de Cendra de Larragan, A. de Garay
Sanchez, F. de Salles Cavedon, J.W. Dellapenna, A. du Plessis, W.
du Plessis, J.J. Gonzalez, D. Hodas, E. Kasimbazi, R. Kibugi, F.R.
Loures, N. Lugaresi, K. Morrow, C. Odidi Okidi, A. Paterson, N.A.
Robinson, W. Scholtz, F. Sola, R. Stanziola Vieira, M.B. Tekle, S.
Teles da Silva
This book examines the development of environmental law in the
period since the ground-breaking 1992 United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development or 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro. It
demonstrates that a great deal has been achieved in the field of
environmental law since the 1990s. However, the extraordinary
environmental crises facing humanity in the 21st century indicate a
continuing urgent need for the generation of robust policies and
frameworks concerning ecological, socio-cultural and economic
sustainability, implemented through appropriately innovative legal
mechanisms. The book is divided into five sub-themes of
sustainability: history, principles and concepts; environmental
rights; access to justice and liability issues; natural resources,
energy and climate change; and nature conservation. It includes
expert legal opinion on developments to date, engaging with key
themes from a broad selection of jurisdictions and perspectives.
The analyses extend across public and private law to reflect the
manifold areas which are rightly and necessarily the concern of
environmental and sustainability law. Its contents offer not only
critiques of developments to date, but also constructive engagement
with matters of pressing concern to all. Written from a global
perspective, this book will be an invaluable reference for
academics, postgraduate students, practitioners and policy-makers
concerned with environmental law and sustainability. Contributors:
J. Benidickson, A.H. Benjamin, B. Boer, M.N. Camargos, M.A. Cohen,
J.A.F. Costa, A. Daibert, J. de Cendra de Larragan, A. de Garay
Sanchez, F. de Salles Cavedon, J.W. Dellapenna, A. du Plessis, W.
du Plessis, J.J. Gonzalez, D. Hodas, E. Kasimbazi, R. Kibugi, F.R.
Loures, N. Lugaresi, K. Morrow, C. Odidi Okidi, A. Paterson, N.A.
Robinson, W. Scholtz, F. Sola, R. Stanziola Vieira, M.B. Tekle, S.
Teles da Silva
Levelling the Lake explores a century and a half of social,
economic, and legal arrangements through which the resources and
environment of the Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake watershed have
been both harnessed and harmed. Jamie Benidickson traces the
environmental consequences of resource extraction and recreation as
well as their impacts on local residents, including Indigenous
communities, which encouraged new legal and institutional
responses. Assessing the transition from primary resource
extraction toward sustainable development, Levelling the Lake also
shows how interjurisdictional and transboundary issues continue to
play a significant role throughout the region.
To most, the flush of a toilet seems a routine motion to banish
waste and ensure cleanliness: safe, efficient, necessary,
nonpolitical, and utterly unremarkable. However, Jamie
Benidickson's examination of the social and legal history of sewage
in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom demonstrates
that the uncontroversial reputation of flushing is deceptive. In a
time when community water quality can no longer be taken for
granted, this book is particularly relevant, as it delves into and
clarifies the murky issues surrounding the evolution of the culture
of flushing.Drawing upon the experience of urban centres, including
Toronto, Chicago, New York, and London, The Culture of Flushing
carefully analyzes more than two hundred years of history to
describe how we conveniently came to view streams as nature's
sewers, and how water, one of our planet's most precious resources,
became an acceptable medium for the disposal of urban and
industrial waste. Informed by the evolution of legal doctrine,
contemporary understanding of the chemical and biological
characteristics of water, changing theories of disease, and the
influence of professionals in such fields as public health,
engineering, and economics, this book pushes the reader to
seriously reconsider our casual habit of flushing it all
away.Unique, comprehensive, and accessible, The Culture of Flushing
will appeal to everyone from specialists in environmental history,
environmental law, public health, engineering, and public policy to
the general reader concerned with protecting water quality and the
environment.
Levelling the Lake explores a century and a half of social,
economic, and legal arrangements through which the resources and
environment of the Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake watershed have
been both harnessed and harmed. Jamie Benidickson traces the
environmental consequences of resource extraction and recreation as
well as their impacts on local residents, including Indigenous
communities, which encouraged new legal and institutional
responses. Assessing the transition from primary resource
extraction toward sustainable development, Levelling the Lake also
shows how interjurisdictional and transboundary issues continue to
play a significant role throughout the region.
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