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Keynote: Sustaining Society In The Anthropocene Epoch, Nicholas A. Robinson
Keynote: Sustaining Society In The Anthropocene Epoch, Nicholas A. Robinson
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This paper explores the argument that human transformation of Earth's systems is eclipsing the international law-making of nation states. Globally the processes of trade law or environmental law often progress transnationally, with little direction by national governments. Intergovernmental and non-governmental international organizations act with autonomy, apart from nations. To be clear, nation states still are the major players in world order, but trends of sustainable development or social networked communications transcend individual nations. Whether viewed as environmental law or sustainability law, this body of law exists at once globally and locally; it is different in kind from the Westphalia legacy …