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Representing future generations : climate change and the global legal order / Peter Lawrence, Michael Reder ; with guest chapter by Nicky van Dijk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawrence, Peter (Lecturer in law), Author.
- Reder, Michael, 1974- author.
- Series:
- Earth System Governance series (Cambridge University Press)
- Earth System Governance series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
- United Nations.
- Environmental law, International.
- Environmental law, International--Philosophy.
- Climatic changes--Law and legislation.
- Climatic changes.
- Law and globalization.
- International law--Social aspects.
- International law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- The impact of climate change on young people and future generations has become a key issue globally, and current international law-making processes insufficiently represent the interests of these groups. While ideally the interests of future generations would be mainstreamed, the authors argue that proxy-style mechanisms for representing future generations should urgently be pursued as a parallel strategy. This book analyses existing institutions in the UN which indirectly represent vulnerable groups and uses a novel combination of legal and philosophical methods based in the tradition of John Dewey's pragmatism and International Legal Realism. Chapters include case studies of climate change cases brought before international courts, tribunals and the UN envoy to demonstrate how representation of future generations can be implemented to bring about institutional reforms. Written in accessible language, it will make a useful reference for researchers, graduate students and policymakers in international environmental law, global environmental governance and environmental philosophy.
- Contents:
- Proxy representation and the global legal order : integrating philosophical and legal perspectives
- The democratic ideal and its normative value for future generations
- Criteria for evaluting mechanisms for representations of future generations
- Lessons from existing international institutions to represent vulnerabilities
- The ICJ advisory opinion on climate change and proxy representation of future generations
- A UN Committee on the rights of the child case study : the Sacchi et al case (by Nicky van Dijk)
- A UN special envoy for future generations.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Sep 2025).
- ISBN:
- 1-009-65583-3
- 1-009-65587-6
- 1-009-65585-X
- OCLC:
- 1544968249
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