Overview
This original book analyses and reimagines the concept of sustainable development in international law from a non-Western legal perspective. Built upon the intersection of law, politics, and history in the context of Africa, its peoples and their experiences, customary law and other legal cosmologies, this ground-breaking study applies a critical legal analysis to Africa's interaction with conceptualising and operationalising sustainable development. It proposes a turn to non-Western legal normativity as the foundational principle for reimagining sustainable development in international law. It highlights eco-legal philosophies and principles in remaking sustainable development where ecological integrity assumes a central focus in the reimagined conceptualisation and operationalisation of sustainable development. While this pioneering book highlights Africa as its analytical pivot, its arguments and proposals are useful beyond Africa. Connecting global discourses on nature, the environment, rights and development, Godwin Eli Kwadzo Dzah illuminates our current thinking on sustainable development in international law.
Full Product Details
Author: Godwin Eli Kwadzo Dzah (University of Alberta)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781009354042
ISBN 10: 1009354043
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 23 May 2024
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'This book offers a constructive critique of contemporary sustainable development narratives, unveiling overlooked complexities, challenging assumptions, and urging for nuanced and contextualised reassessments. Emphasising inclusivity, it prompts transformative thinking that redefines sustainability by exploring other legal realities and alternative cosmologies, often neglected but very pertinent. It is an important resource for academics, policymakers and all seeking grounded and innovative solutions for people and the planet.' Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Director, Law Division, UNEP, and Professor of Law, University of Nairobi
Author Information
Godwin Eli Kwadzo Dzah is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Alberta. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University; and previously was a United Nations-Nippon Foundation Fellow at the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations Secretariat. His doctoral research was awarded the Allard Law Dissertation Prize by the University of British Columbia.
