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Human Rights and the Environment : Philosophical, Theoretical and Legal Perspectives.

The book examines the genesis and development of environmental rights (or the Right to Environment) in international law and discusses their philosophical, theoretical and legal underpinnings in the context of sustainable development and the notion of solidarity rights.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leib, Linda Hajjar
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2011.
©2011
Colección:Queen Mary studies in international law ; 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE
  • Chapter one. Historical and philosophical underpinnings of the environmental movement
  • Chapter Two. An overview of the characteristics and controversies of human rights
  • PART TWO: THE CONCEPTUALISATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AS HUMAN RIGHTS
  • Chapter Three. Theorisation of the various human rights approaches to environmental issues
  • Chapter Four. Reconfiguration of the human rights system in light of sustainable development and the two-level conceptualisation of environmental rights.