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ECOLOGICAL LAW AND THE PLANETARY CRISIS a legal guide for harmony on earth.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[S.l.] :
ROUTLEDGE,
2020.
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| Colección: | Routledge explorations in environmental studies.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- Notes
- References
- Part I: The role of law in the rise of the global ecological crisis
- Chapter 1: The Anthropocene as a frame of reference
- Note
- References
- Chapter 2: The human dilemma in the Anthropocene
- Note
- References
- Chapter 3: Energy transitions in history and their impacts
- The legacy of early humans: technology, control of fire and language
- Agriculture
- Human use of fossil fuels
- Increase and dispersal of the human population
- References
- Chapter 4: How conceptual factors like law helped lead to the Anthropocene
- Definitional issues regarding law and legal systems
- Overview of the historical development of law and legal systems
- The role of law and related conceptual factors in the current human dilemma
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Part II: The failure of environmental law to respect key ecological limits
- Chapter 5: An overview of the failures of environmental law
- Anthropocentrism and the tendency toward monetization in environmental law
- Reductionism and lack of holistic perspectives in environmental law
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 6: Key examples of the inadequacy of environmental law
- TMDLs under the United States Clean Water Act
- Greenhouse gases under the United States Clean Air Act
- Critical loads and levels of air pollutants in Europe
- Cap-and-trade program for sulfur dioxide under the United States Clean Air Act
- A relatively successful system-based limit: The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
- Notes
- Planetary boundaries and considerations of equity and fairness
- Use of planetary boundaries and other global ecological limits for policy, law and governance
- Integrating planetary boundaries and the IPAT framework
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 11: Eleven core features of ecological law
- Humans are part of, not separate from, the Earth's life systems
- Systems-based ecological limits
- Full integration of the ecological law in legal systems
- Radical reduction of material and energy throughput
- Use of material and energy only for essential needs