World Public Order of the Environment : Towards an international ecological law and organization / Jan Schneider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneider, Jan, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law, International.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The book combines a complete and lucid exposition of the current state of environmental law and organization with a cogent argument for the direction they must take in the immediate future.

Contents:

Cover; FOREWORD; PREFACE; PART ONE Introduction; 1 Ecology and political ecology; 2 Environmental public order; Actors; Interests; The logic of interest achievement; Taking account of environmental costs and benefits; Trends in environmental public order and recommendations for the future; Obiter dictum on minimum and optimum order; PART TWO Trends in development of environmental public order; 3 Concepts of international environmental law; Determination of competence over resources; Regulation of use of resources; Access of people to resources

4 Processes of international environmental organizationGathering, processing, and disseminating environmental information; Promotion of environmentally sound thinking and practices; International environmental law-making; Invocation of international machinery for environmental causes; Application of policies in concrete circumstances; Termination of ecologically unsound practices and amelioration of the consequences and costs of change; Appraisal of the ongoing environmental decision-making system; International environmental funding and some related matters

PART THREE Analysis of trends in environmental order and recommendation of future policies5 Towards an international ecological law and organization; 'Custodianship' and 'delegation of powers' as the conceptual framework; International environmental law to date; Evolution of international environmental organization; Review of the public order theory and concepts; A final word to political philosophers; PART FOUR Problem studies in international environmental law and organization; 6 State responsibility for environmental protection and preservation

Background of state environmental responsibilityPrevention of environmental deprivations; Deterrence of impending environmental harm; Reparation or compensation for environmental injury; 7 International environmental dispute settlement; Information availability; Types of international environmental disputes; Primary dispute settlement procedures; Secondary jurisdiction for recognition and enforcement; 'Compulsory' provisions; NOTES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; TABLE OF CASES; INDEX OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7988-8

OCLC:

1129205189