The Principle of Sustainability

✍ Scribed by Klaus Bosselmann

• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 253
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book investigates how sustainability informs the universal principles used in domestic and international law. It calls for the acceptance of sustainability as a recognized legal principle which could be applied to the entire legal system rather than just environmental law or domestic law. To this end, the book makes a contribution to a theory of global law by suggesting that as a universally shared concern, environmental protection and the principle of sustainability should contribute to the 'greening' of the fundamental principles of law and governance.The book will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and policy-makers working in the areas of environmental law and governance.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1 The Meaning of Sustainability......Page 20
2 The Principle of Sustainability......Page 54
3 Ecological Justice......Page 90
4 Ecological Human Rights......Page 122
5 The State as Environmental Trustee......Page 156
6 Governance for Sustainability......Page 186
Bibliography......Page 220
C......Page 246
E......Page 247
G......Page 248
J......Page 249
P......Page 250
S......Page 251
W......Page 252
Y......Page 253