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Author:   Laura Westra
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780774821186

ISBN 10:   0774821183
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   01 July 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword / William E. Rees Introduction Part 1: Basic Collective Rights for Law and Morality -- TheTheory 1 Individual Rights and Collective Rights in Conflict: TheEcocentric Perspective and the Commons 2 The Common Good and the Public Interest: Jus Cogens Norms and ErgaOmnes Obligations in a Lawless World 3 Communities and Collectives: The Interface Part 2: Collective Rights, Globalization, and Democracy --The Practice 4 Collective Basic Rights Today 5 Globalization, Democracy, and Collective Rights 6 Cosmopolitanism, the Moral Community, and Collective HumanRights Part 3: Toward a New Cosmopolitanism 7 World Law or International Legal Instruments? Toward theProtection of Basic Collective Human Rights Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

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A key feature of this book is that it deals with both moral and legal arguments. It also draws on Greek philosophy. This reflects the author's strength as a scholar of both philosophy and law. There are few authors in the environmental and international law fields that can bring this breadth of material and thought to bear on such a critical subject.<br> - Prue Taylor, School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland

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Laura Westra holds doctorates in both philosophy andjurisprudence, and has taught in the fields of philosophy, ethics, andenvironmental law at several US, Canadian, and Italian universities.

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