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Human rights and the environment : philosophical, theoretical, and legal perspectives / by Linda Hajjar Leib.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leib, Linda Hajjar.
- Series:
- Queen Mary studies in international law ; v. 3.
- Queen Mary studies in international law, 1877-4822 ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental law, International.
- Human rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores the philosophical, theoretical and legal bases that underpin the linkage between human rights and the environment. Such linkage, grounded in reality, is an innovative way of addressing environmental issues through the lens of a well-established international human rights system. The book argues that a new set of environmental rights is gradually forging its way into international law and suggests a re-configuration of the human rights system in the context of sustainable development and the notion of solidarity rights. In doing so, two sets of concepts are considered: first, the possibility of a rapprochement between environmental ethics and the human rights doctrine and, second, the theoretical and practical links among the concepts of development, democracy, environment and sustainable development.
- Contents:
- Historical and philosophical underpinnings of the environmental movement
- An overview of the characteristics and controversies of human rights
- Theorisation of the various human rights approaches to environmental issues
- Reconfiguration of the human rights system in light of sustainable development and the two-level conceptualisation of environmental rights.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786613119902
- 9781283119900
- 1283119900
- 9789004189935
- 9004189939
- OCLC:
- 727951268
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004188648.i-182 DOI
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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