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Full-Text Articles in International Law
Federal Constitutions, Global Governance, And The Role Of Forests In Regulating Climate Change, Blake Hudson
Federal Constitutions, Global Governance, And The Role Of Forests In Regulating Climate Change, Blake Hudson
Indiana Law Journal
Federal systems of government present more difficulties for international treaty formation than perhaps any other form of governance. Federal constitutions that grant subnational governments virtually exclusive regulatory authority over certain subject matter may constrain national governments during international negotiations—a national government that cannot constitutionally bind subnational governments to an international agreement cannot freely arrange its international obligations. While federal nations that grant subnational governments exclusive regulatory control obviously place value on stringent decentralization and the benefits it provides in those regulatory areas, the difficulty lies in striking a balance between global governance and constitutional decentralization in federal systems. Recent scholarship …
The Human Right To Water: Will Its Fulfillment Contribute To Environmental Degradation?, Alezah Trigueros
The Human Right To Water: Will Its Fulfillment Contribute To Environmental Degradation?, Alezah Trigueros
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Human rights and environmental protection are two often overlapping bodies of law, each of which by their nature seeks to take priority over other applicable law. For this reason, these two bodies of law often find themselves in tension with one another. This Note aims to illustrate the tension between human rights and environmental protection in the context of the recent push for a codified human right to water. My thesis is that ideally these two bodies of law should balance each other out-a human right to water would be subject to environmental safeguards, and, likewise, conservation efforts would be …
Greenpeace, Social Media, And The Possibility Of Global Deliberation On The Environment, Michael Roose
Greenpeace, Social Media, And The Possibility Of Global Deliberation On The Environment, Michael Roose
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Greenpeace uses the developmental republican model of democratic
governance for setting organizational policy. This model does an excellent
job of forming members into effective leaders who are committed to the
organization and its mission. However, Greenpeace could more effectively
encourage the global community to become involved in environmental
activism and set more responsive policy by employing an Internet-based
deliberative democracy policy-setting process.