| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
New horizons in environmental and energy law |
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New horizons in environmental and energy law
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| Contents |
Introduction to regional environmental law of the African Union / Hennie Strydom -- Africa and climate change : legal perspectives from the AU / Daniel M. Pallangyo and Werner Scholtz -- Sustainable development of SADC's watercourses : the IncoMaputo River Basin Agreement of 2002 / Michelle Barnard and Willem Daniël Lubbe -- Human rights and the environment in the African Union context / Werner Scholtz -- Introduction to environmental law in the Americas / Claudia S. de Windt and Marcos A. Orellana -- The contribution of the Inter-American human rights system to sustainable development / Anna Meijknecht -- Sustainable water resource management and the Amazon basin / Beatriz Garcia and Jorge Thierry Calasans -- Introduction to ASEAN regional environmental law / Ben Boer -- ASEAN : the Singapore Declaration on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment, 2007 and beyond / Koh Kheng-Lian and Lovleen Bhullar -- Introduction to European Union environmental law / Ludwig Krämer -- EU climate change law : a credible example? / Javier de Cendra de Larragán -- Contribution of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights to sustainable development in Europe / Jonathan Verschuuren -- A comparative analysis of the legal frameworks that govern Europe's transboundary waters / Owen McIntyre |
| Summary |
The core focus of this timely volume is to ascertain how regional environmental law may contribute to the pursuit of global sustainable development. Leading scholars critically analyze the ways in which states may pool sovereignty to find solutions to environmental problems, presenting a comparative legal analysis of the manner in which the AU, EU, OAS and ASEAN deal with the issues of climate change, human rights and the environment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 28, 2015) |
| Subject |
Environmental law.
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Sustainable development -- Law and legislation.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Environmental law.
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Sustainable development -- Law and legislation.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Scholtz, W. (Werner), editor
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Verschuuren, Jonathan, editor
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| ISBN |
9781781951781 |
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1781951780 |
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1781951772 |
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9781781951774 |
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