Global governance of the environment : environmental principles and change in international law and politics / Afshin Akhtarkhavari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akhtarkhavari. A.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law.

Environmental policy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This timely book examines the role of environmental principles in changing international environmental law and politics, and argues for the importance of integrating environmental principles in the global governance of the environment. Afshin Akhtarkhavari includes both theoretical and jurisprudential analyses of the concept of environmental principles, as well as detailed case studies to examine their function and role in courts, and the differing approaches taken to soft law and regulation in international politics. Global Governance of the Environment concludes with succinct and insightful

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Figures; Abbreviations; Table of international cases; Table of international treaties and other international instruments; PART I Introduction; 1. Introduction; 2. Social learning at the international level; PART II Norms, environmental principles and social learning; 3. Environmental principles as abstractor open-textured norms; 4. Abstract and open-textured norms and social learning; 5. The function and role of environmental principles; PART III Environmental principles in practice

6. Power, environmental principles and the International Court of Justice7. The global compact, environmental principles and culture; 8. Arguments, bargains and the disposal of carbon dioxide at sea; PART IV Conclusion; 9. Global governance of the environment: the role and function of environmental principles in changing international law and politics; Bibliography; Documents of international institutions; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-94131-3

9786612941313

1-84980-487-7

OCLC:

700702039