The Earth Charter, ecological integrity and social movements. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Laura Westra and Mirian Vilela.
• Other Names: Westra, Laura editor of compilation.; Vilela, Mirian editor of compilation.
• Contents: The Rule of Law Grounded in the Earth : Ecological Integrity as a Grundnorm / Klaus Bosselmann -- The Earth Charter, the Commons and the Common Heritage of Mankind Principle / Prue Taylor -- Realising Earth Democracy : Governance from Below / Peter Burdon -- The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights : Presenting the Problem as the Solution / Mihir Kanade -- Norms For Scientific Claims Made in The Face of Scientific Uncertainty : Lessons From the Climate Change Disinformation Campaign / Don Brown -- What a Difference a Disaster Makes-or Doesn't : A Comparative Case Study of Governmental and Popular Responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy / Sheila Collins -- The Law of Transboundary Groundwater / Joseph Dellapenna -- Oceans for Sale / Jeff Brown and Abby Sandy -- Land Grabbing, Food Security and the Environment : Human Rights Challenges / Onita Das and Evadné Grant -- Is a Green New Deal Strategy a Sustainable Response to the Social and Ecological Challenges of the Present World? / Eva Cudlínová --Frack Off!- Law, Policy, Social Resistance, Coal Seam Gas Mining and the Earth Charter / Janice Gray -- Canadian Avatar : Reshaping Relationships Through Indigenous Resistance / Kathleen Mahoney -- Sharing the River of Life : The Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign / Jack Manno -- Indigenous Laws and Aspirations for a Sustainable World / Linda Te Aho -- Moving Toward Global Eco-Integrity : Implementing Indigenous Conceptions of Nature in a Western Legal System / Catherine Iorns Magallanes -- Society, Changes and Social Movements : The Case of Brazil / Leonardo Boff and Mirian Vilela -- Environmental Sustainability Beyond The Law : A Venezuelan Perspective / María Elisa Febres -- Costa Rica : The First Latin American Country Free of Open Pit Gold Mining / Eugenia Wo Ching -- The Earth Charter : An Environmental Policy Instrument in Mexico : a Soft Law or Hard Policy Perspective / Francisco Javier Camarena Juarez.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (290 pages), (9 illustrations)
• Subjects: 179.1; Ecological integrity; Environmental protection -- Social aspects; Environmental justice; Sustainability -- Social aspects; LAW / Environmental
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317703143; 1317703146
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.