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Climate Justice, Daniel A. Farber
Climate Justice, Daniel A. Farber
Daniel A Farber
Eric Posner and David Weisbach take the threat of climate change seriously. Their book Climate Change Justice offers policy prescriptions that deserve serious attention. While the authors adopt the framework of conventional welfare economics, they show a willingness to engage with noneconomic perspectives, which softens their conclusions. Although they are right to see a risk that overly aggressive ethical claims could derail international agreement on restricting greenhouse gases, their analysis makes climate justice too marginal to climate policy. The developed world does have a special responsibility for the current climate problem, and we should be willing both to agree to …
The “Changed Circumstances” Clause After The United Nations Conference On The Law Of Treaties (1968-69), Heribert F. Koeck
The “Changed Circumstances” Clause After The United Nations Conference On The Law Of Treaties (1968-69), Heribert F. Koeck
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Slides: Indigenous Water Justice In The Columbia River Basin, Barbara Cosens
Slides: Indigenous Water Justice In The Columbia River Basin, Barbara Cosens
Indigenous Water Justice Symposium (June 6)
Presenter: Barbara Cosens, Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty, University of Idaho College of Law, Waters of the West Interdisciplinary Program
17 slides
Book Review: The Concept Of Custom In International Law. By Anthony A. D’Amato. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1971. Pp. Xvi, 286. $9.50., John F. T. Murray
Book Review: The Concept Of Custom In International Law. By Anthony A. D’Amato. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1971. Pp. Xvi, 286. $9.50., John F. T. Murray
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Land Deal Dilemmas: Grievances, Human Rights, And Investor Protections, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Lise Johnson, Sam Szoke-Burke
Land Deal Dilemmas: Grievances, Human Rights, And Investor Protections, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Lise Johnson, Sam Szoke-Burke
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
Land-based investments can create significant grievances for local individuals or communities, and host governments seeking to address those grievances must navigate a complicated landscape of legal obligations and pragmatic considerations. This report, funded by UK aid from the Department for International Development, focuses on practical solutions for governments confronting grievances that arise from large-scale investments in agricultural or forestry projects.
The report considers such solutions in the context of governments’ legal obligations, particularly those imposed by international investment law, international human rights law, and investor-state contracts. Understanding the implications of this diverse range of legal obligations is particularly important in …
The Business Of Treaties, Melissa J. Durkee
The Business Of Treaties, Melissa J. Durkee
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Business entities play important and underappreciated roles in the production of international treaties. At the same time, international treaty law is hobbled by state-centric presumptions that render its response to business ad hoc and unprincipled.
This Article makes three principal contributions. First, it draws from case studies to demonstrate the significance of business participation in treaty production. The descriptive account invites a shift from attention to traditional lobbying at the domestic level and private standard-setting at the transnational level to the ways business entities have become autonomous international actors, using a panoply of means to transform their preferred policies into …