Human rights and the environment : philosophical, theoretical, and legal perspectives
Environmental law, International Human rights Environmental law droits de l'homme LAW sähkökirjat
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
2011
EISBN 9789004189935
Historical and philosophical underpinnings of the environmental movement.
An overview of the characteristics and controversies of human rights.
Theorisation of the various human rights approaches to environmental issues.
Reconfiguration of the human rights system in light of sustainable development and the two-level conceptualisation of environmental rights.
The book examines the genesis and development of environmental rights (or the Right to Environment) in international law and discusses their philosophical, theoretical and legal underpinnings in the context of sustainable development and the notion of solidarity rights.
An overview of the characteristics and controversies of human rights.
Theorisation of the various human rights approaches to environmental issues.
Reconfiguration of the human rights system in light of sustainable development and the two-level conceptualisation of environmental rights.
The book examines the genesis and development of environmental rights (or the Right to Environment) in international law and discusses their philosophical, theoretical and legal underpinnings in the context of sustainable development and the notion of solidarity rights.
