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World Public Order of the Environment : Towards an international ecological law and organization /
The book combines a complete and lucid exposition of the current state of environmental law and organization with a cogent argument for the direction they must take in the immediate future.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
1979.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; FOREWORD; PREFACE; PART ONE Introduction; 1 Ecology and political ecology; 2 Environmental public order; Actors; Interests; The logic of interest achievement; Taking account of environmental costs and benefits; Trends in environmental public order and recommendations for the future; Obiter dictum on minimum and optimum order; PART TWO Trends in development of environmental public order; 3 Concepts of international environmental law; Determination of competence over resources; Regulation of use of resources; Access of people to resources
- 4 Processes of international environmental organizationGathering, processing, and disseminating environmental information; Promotion of environmentally sound thinking and practices; International environmental law-making; Invocation of international machinery for environmental causes; Application of policies in concrete circumstances; Termination of ecologically unsound practices and amelioration of the consequences and costs of change; Appraisal of the ongoing environmental decision-making system; International environmental funding and some related matters
- PART THREE Analysis of trends in environmental order and recommendation of future policies5 Towards an international ecological law and organization; 'Custodianship' and 'delegation of powers' as the conceptual framework; International environmental law to date; Evolution of international environmental organization; Review of the public order theory and concepts; A final word to political philosophers; PART FOUR Problem studies in international environmental law and organization; 6 State responsibility for environmental protection and preservation
- Background of state environmental responsibilityPrevention of environmental deprivations; Deterrence of impending environmental harm; Reparation or compensation for environmental injury; 7 International environmental dispute settlement; Information availability; Types of international environmental disputes; Primary dispute settlement procedures; Secondary jurisdiction for recognition and enforcement; 'Compulsory' provisions; NOTES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; TABLE OF CASES; INDEX OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX