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1 online resource (xiv, 277 pages) |
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Legal perspectives for global challenges ; 1 |
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Legal perspectives for global challenges ; 1.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Climate change -- The doom of unsustainability in other fields -- The financial crisis and its aftermath -- A remarkable meeting of minds -- Introduction : could the law serve as crowbar to come to grips with climate change? -- The vital role of the judiciary -- Enforceable obligation towards future generations? -- Precautionary principle -- Legal bases for litigation (in case need would be) -- The law in ever growing imbalance -- How far should GHG-emissions be reduced? -- Liability of others -- Defenses -- Causation -- Remedies -- Criminal response -- Other strategies -- The imprtance of collecting the "right" information -- A search for the right allies -- How to deal with financial crises, (un)sustainable development and the eradication of poverty? -- Law reform desirable -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
In the course of the last one hundred years, quite a lot has been achieved especially in the "Western" world. Life standards have risen considerably. All kind of serious diseases belong to the past. People get older than ever before; the progress of technology has proven beneficial to mankind. Primarily the developed countries have gained a lot from all this, although these developments have also had spin-off effects on the developing countries. For example, extreme poverty has been eradicated to quite some extent. The BRICS-countries have become new economic powers in the world. Despite all these advances, the world still faces many threats and challenges. This book aims to provide thoughts about the role the law could possibly play to ward off man-made crises. The focus will be on global threats which are, unless checked in due time, going to stir the world at large. What follows tries to provide stepping stones for shaping the law to cope with the major challenges of our time, such as climate change, sustainable development and the eradication of poverty. Jaap Spier is an Advocate-General in the Supreme Court of the Netherlands and a honorary professor at the University of Maastricht (the Netherlands). Publisher's note |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-269) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Law and legislation.
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Sustainable development -- Law and legislation.
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Financial crises
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Poverty.
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poverty.
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Climatic changes -- Law and legislation
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Financial crises
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Poverty
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Sustainable development -- Law and legislation
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Weltproblematik
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Rechtsfortbildung
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Nachhaltigkeit
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katastrophē
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Abwehr
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Gesetzgebung
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Recht
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Internationale economische politiek.
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Milieuvraagstuk.
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Sociale problemen.
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Internationaal recht.
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Economic crisis.
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Climate change.
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Sustainable development.
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Global governance.
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International law.
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Development of law.
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RULE OF LAW.
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LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
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CASE STUDIES.
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CLIMATE CHANGE.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
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FINANCIAL CRISIS.
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POVERTY.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
De Jong, Elbert (Elbert R.)
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Spier, Jaap, 1950-
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| ISBN |
9789490947439 |
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9490947431 |
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9789460945311 |
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9460945317 |
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