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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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No abstract provided.
Introductory Remarks, James Anaya
Introductory Remarks, James Anaya
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These remarks were delivered at a Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights panel held on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
Beyond Adjudication: Resolving International Resource Disputes In An Era Of Climate Change, Anna Spain
Beyond Adjudication: Resolving International Resource Disputes In An Era Of Climate Change, Anna Spain
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This Article examines the role of international adjudication as a mechanism for resolving international disputes and promoting global peace and security in an era of climate change. The central claim is that adjudication has limitations that make it ineffective as a tool for resolving international resource disputes. The Article argues that adjudication is limited due to source and process challenges and it illustrates this claim by reviewing cases adjudicated by the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration and other international courts and tribunals. Four categories of adjudication limitation emerge: a) cases where the parties refused to submit …
Climate Change, Fragmentation, And The Challenges Of Global Environmental Law: Elements Of A Post-Copenhagen Assemblage, William Boyd
Climate Change, Fragmentation, And The Challenges Of Global Environmental Law: Elements Of A Post-Copenhagen Assemblage, William Boyd
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The 2009 United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen has been widely viewed as a failure -a referendum in the eyes of many on the top-down, comprehensive approach to climate governance embodied in the Kyoto Protocol and carried forward in efforts to negotiate a successor regime. Despite a modest agreement on future work toward a new agreement, the most recent climate meeting in Cancún, Mexico reinforces this view, underscoring the conclusion that Copenhagen represents an important inflection point for international climate policy. Although much of the post-Copenhagen commentary has correctly identified various problems, even fatal flaws, with the process, very little …
A Green Road To Development: Environmental Regulations And Developing Countries In The Wto, Jonathan Skinner
A Green Road To Development: Environmental Regulations And Developing Countries In The Wto, Jonathan Skinner
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The WTO framework can accommodate enforceable environmentally protective measures.
Indigenous Peoples' Rights To Water Under International Norms, David H. Getches
Indigenous Peoples' Rights To Water Under International Norms, David H. Getches
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In this article, Dean Getches examines the nature of international law as it relates to indigenous water rights and evaluates the kinds of claims that native peoples might assert when they are deprived of access to water. Around the world, indigenous peoples have experienced depletion or pollution of their traditional water sources caused by the uses made by dominant, non-native societies. As a result, native peoples' ability to perform water-dependent vocations like farming and fishing, and to perpetuate cultures and spiritual practices requiring water is limited. While a few countries recognize water rights of indigenous peoples in their domestic laws, …
Energy, Environment & Sustainable Development, Lakshman D. Guruswamy
Energy, Environment & Sustainable Development, Lakshman D. Guruswamy
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No abstract provided.
Cartography Of Governance: An Introduction, Lakshman D. Guruswamy
Cartography Of Governance: An Introduction, Lakshman D. Guruswamy
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No abstract provided.
The Annihilation Of Sea Turtles: Wto Intransigence And U.S. Equivocation, Lakshman Guruswamy
The Annihilation Of Sea Turtles: Wto Intransigence And U.S. Equivocation, Lakshman Guruswamy
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Book Review, Lakshman D. Guruswamy
Integrated Environmental Control: The Expanding Matrix, Lakshman Guruswamy
Integrated Environmental Control: The Expanding Matrix, Lakshman Guruswamy
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Professor Guruswamy addresses the configuration of forces creating global warming, and canvasses the action necessary to deal with this challenge. He identifies key reasons accounting for the failure of the United States to take adequate measures to control emissions of carbon dioxide at the national level, and for resisting international attempts to do so. Guruswamy argues that the problem of global warming should be dealt with within the framework of Integrated Environmental Control (IEC)--a radical approach to pollution prevention and modification of product demand. He reasons that by encompassing energy policy within the matrix of pollution control, IEC will promote …
Global Warming: Integrating United States And International Law, Lakshman D. Guruswamy
Global Warming: Integrating United States And International Law, Lakshman D. Guruswamy
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No abstract provided.