Justice for future generations : climate change and international law / Peter Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Law and legislation.

Climatic changes.

International law.

Environmental justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Peter Lawrence's Justice for Future Generations breaks new ground by using a multidisciplinary approach to tackle the issue of what ethical obligations current generations have towards future generations in addressing the threat of climate change. This insightful book draws on contemporary theories of justice to develop a number of principles which are used to critique the existing global climate change treaties. These principles are also used as a blueprint for suggestions on how to develop a much-needed global treaty on climate change. The approach is pragmatic in that the justice-ethics arg

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents in brief; Full contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of international instruments; 1. Introduction: the climate change problem and solutions; PART I Theory; 2. The basis of an obligation towards future generations in justice and ethics in the context of climate change; 3. Content of justice-based obligations towards future generations in the context of climate change; PART II International law and politics; 4. Current international law, intergenerational justice and climate change

5. International human rights law, intergenerational justice and climate change6. Climate change discourses and intergenerational justice; PART III The way forward and conclusion; 7. The way forward - incorporating intergenerational justice principles into international climate law; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Lawrence, Peter. Justice for future generations : climate change and international law.

ISBN:

9780857934161

0-85793-415-5

1-306-70598-3