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Sustainable Development, International Law, and a Turn to African Legal Cosmologies / Godwin Eli Kwadzo Dzah.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dzah, Godwin Eli Kwadzo, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; Series Number 185.
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series ; Series Number 185
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Customary law--Africa.
- Customary law.
- Cosmology, African.
- Environmental law, International.
- International law--Africa.
- International law.
- Sustainable development--Law and legislation.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 374 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "This book analyses and reimagines the concept of sustainable development in international law from a non-Western legal perspective. Built upon the intersection of law, politics, and history in the context of Africa, its peoples and their experiences, customary law and other legal cosmologies, this study applies a critical legal analysis to Africa's interaction with conceptualising and operationalising sustainable development. It proposes a turn to non-Western legal normativity as the foundational principle for reimagining sustainable development in international law. It highlights eco-legal philosophies and principles in remaking sustainable development where ecological integrity assumes a central focus in the reimagined conceptualisation and operationalisation of sustainable development"-- Provided by the publisher
- Contents:
- The rise, fall, and rise again of sustainable development
- The logic of sustainable development : law, politics, and history of an idea
- Sustainable development and the paradox of legal universalism
- Problematising the normative trajectory of sustainable development in Africa
- Sustainable development and the turn to African legal ontologies
- Ecocosmologies, ecolegality, and African environmentalisms as ecological law
- Conclusion : the paradoxical future of sustainable development in International law
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 May 2024).
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781009354080
- 1009354086
- 9781009354035
- 1009354035
- 9781009354059
- 1009354051
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