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Sustainable Development: Energy, Justice, And Women, Lakshman Guruswamy
Sustainable Development: Energy, Justice, And Women, Lakshman Guruswamy
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This article will first offer a functional synopsis relevant to its remit, of the concept of sustainable development (SD) embodied in international law and policy that reflects a tension between economic and social claims as contrasted with environmental protection. While the dominant place acquired by the economic and social dimensions of SD will be recognized, it will argue consistent with the predicate of justice discussed in the article, that the protection of the human environment encompasses the plight of the energy poor and their women and children. Second, the article will delineate the contours of one of the great developmental …
The Use Of Courts To Protect The Environmental Commons, Lakshman Guruswamy
The Use Of Courts To Protect The Environmental Commons, Lakshman Guruswamy
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Human Rights Racism, Anna Spain Bradley
Human Rights Racism, Anna Spain Bradley
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International human rights law seeks to eliminate racial discrimination in the world through treaties that bind and norms that transform. Yet law’s impact on eradicating racism has not matched its intent. Racism, in all of its forms, remains a massive cause of discrimination, indignity, and lack of equality for millions of people in the world today. This Article investigates why. Applying a critical race theory analysis of the legal history and doctrinal development of race and racism in international law, Professor Spain Bradley identifies law’s historical preference for framing legal protections around the concept of racial discrimination. She further exposes …