Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Protection

Author:   Alan E. Boyle (Professor of International Law, Professor of International Law, University of Edinburgh) ,  Michael R. Anderson (Director of Studies, Director of Studies, British Institute for International and Comparative Law)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   New edition
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9780198267898


Pages:   334
Publication Date:   05 February 1998
Format:   Paperback
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This collection of essays explores links between the environment and human rights, and responds to the growing debate among activists, lawyers, academics and policy-makers on the legal status of environmental rights in both international and domestic law, and on the proposals for a human right to a satisfactory environment. The collection is an original and timely contribution to the existing literature on this subject, and offers a sustained analysis which addresses both the conceptual and practical problems of environmental rights. The conceptual dimensions are particularly rich, raising fundamental questions concerning the human/environment relationship as well as more general issues regarding the form, content and limitations of international and domestic human rights law. The first part of the book deals mainly with the protection of the environment in international human rights law and EC law, while part two concentrates on problems and experience in developing countries, some of which have already incorporated environmental rights and international constitutional law and from which a growing jurisprudence has emerged. This is where at present human rights approaches seem to be of greatest value. Each chapter is written by an author well qualified in the field. The volume will have a wide appeal to anyone interested in environmental law and human rights.

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Author:   Alan E. Boyle (Professor of International Law, Professor of International Law, University of Edinburgh) ,  Michael R. Anderson (Director of Studies, Director of Studies, British Institute for International and Comparative Law)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9780198267898


ISBN 10:   0198267894
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   05 February 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Michael Anderson: Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Protection: An Overview International Dimensions 2: Professor J. G. Merrills: Environmental Protection and Human Rights: Conceptual Aspects 3: Professor Alan Boyle: The Role of International Human Rights Law and the Protection of the Environment 4: Catherine Redgwell: Life, The Universe and Everything: A Critique of Anthropocentric Rights 5: Dr Robin Churchill: Environmental Rights in Existing Human Rights Treaties 6: S. Douglas-Scott: Environmental Rights in the European Union: Participatory Democracy or Democratic Deficit 7: James Cameron & Ruth Mackenzie: Access to Environmental Justice and Procedural Rights in International Institutions National Case Studies 8: François du Bois: Social Justice and the Judicial Enforcement of Environmental Rights and Duties 9: Jan Glazewski: Environmental Rights and the New South African Constitution 10: Michael Anderson: Individual Rights to Environmental Protection in India 11: Dr Andrew Harding: Practical Human Rights, NGOs and the Environment in Malaysia 12: Adriana Fabra: Indiginous peoples, Environmental Degradation and Human Rights: A Case Study 13: Edesio Fernandez: Constitutional Environmental Rights in Brazil 14: Martin Lau: Islam and Judicial Activism: Public Address Litigation under Environmental Protection in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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<br>. ..overall this volume provides a balanced overview of the advantages, complexities and possible limits of a rights-based approach in the environmental area. --The American Journal of International Law<br>


.,. overall this volume provides a balanced overview of the advantages, complexities and possible limits of a rights-based approach in the environmental area. --The American Journal of International Law<br>


Author Information

Alan Boyle is Professor of International Law at the University of Edinburgh. He is a joint secretary of the British Branch of the International Law Association and is chair of the branch committee on International Environmental Law and a member of the ILA Committee on water resources law. Michael Anderson in Director of Studies at the British Institute for international and Comparative Law. He was formerly a lecturer in law at the School of Oriental and African Studies.

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