Author: Froukje Maria PlatjouwPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 100925376X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
A forward-looking perspective on how law should evolve to better protect and preserve our oceans.
The Environmental Rule of Law for Oceans
Author: Froukje Maria PlatjouwPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 100925376X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
A forward-looking perspective on how law should evolve to better protect and preserve our oceans.
Rule of Law for Nature
Author: Christina VoigtPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107513219
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
'Human laws must be reformulated to keep human activities in harmony with the unchanging and universal laws of nature.' This 1987 statement by the World Commission on Environment and Development has never been more relevant and urgent than it is today. Despite the many legal responses to various environmental problems, more greenhouse gases than ever before are being released into the atmosphere, biological diversity is rapidly declining and fish stocks in the oceans are dwindling. This book challenges the doctrinal construction of environmental law and presents an innovative legal approach to ecological sustainability: a rule of law for nature which guides and transcends ordinary written laws and extends fundamental principles of respect, integrity and legal security to the non-human world.
The Environmental Law of the Sea
Author: Douglas M. JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law of the sea
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The Law of the Sea and Climate Change
Author: Elise JohansenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108842267
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
Explores how the law of the sea can develop in support of the objectives of the United Nations climate regime.
The Environmental Rule of Law for Oceans
Author: Froukje Maria PlatjouwPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009253735
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Our oceans need a strong and effective environmental rule of law to protect them against increased pressures and demands, including climate change, pollution, fisheries, shipping and more. The environmental rule of law for oceans requires the existence of a set of rules and policies at multiple governance levels that appropriately regulate human activities at sea and ensure that pressures on the marine ecosystem are tackled effectively. Adhering to the rule of law through clear, predictable, coherent, and legitimate rules, and their implementation and enforcement, is timely and urgent. In this book, we are searching for ways to improve, strengthen and further develop the environmental rule of law for oceans. The book provides future-oriented perspectives on how law should evolve to better preserve the oceans. All chapters incorporate novel insights and ideas for legal solutions that might inspire scholars, actors, authorities, citizens and communities around the globe. This title is Open Access.
Saving the Oceans Through Law
Author: James HarrisonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191017035
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The oceans cover more than seventy per cent of the surface of the planet and they provide many vital ecosystem services. However, the health of the world's oceans has been deteriorating over the past decades and the protection of the marine environment has emerged as one of the most pressing legal and political challenges for the international community. An effective solution depends upon the cooperation of all states towards achieving agreed objectives. This book provides a critical assessment of the role that international law plays in this process, by explaining and evaluating the various legal instruments that have been negotiated in this area, as well as key trends in global ocean governance. Starting with a detailed analysis of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the book considers the main treaties and other legal texts that seeks to prevent, reduce, and control damage to the marine environment caused by navigation, seabed exploitation, fishing, dumping, and land-based activities, as well as emerging pressures such as ocean noise and climate change. The book demonstrates how international institutions have expanded their mandates to address a broader range of marine environmental issues, beyond basic problems of pollution control to include the conservation of marine biological diversity and an ecosystems approach to regulation. It also discusses the development of diverse regulatory tools to address anthropogenic impacts on the marine environment and the extent to which states have adopted a precautionary approach in different maritime sectors. Whilst many advances have been made in these matters, this book highlights the need for greater coordination between international institutions, as well as the desirability of developing stronger enforcement mechanisms for international environmental rules.
Rule of Law for Nature
Author: Christina VoigtPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107043263
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Questions the doctrinal construction of environmental law and looks for innovative legal approaches to ecological sustainability.
Frontiers in International Environmental Law: Oceans and Climate Challenges
Author: Richard BarnesPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004372881
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
Frontiers in International Environmental Law is a collection of essays that showcases how law and legal scholarship can responded to challenges to our oceans and climate governance regimes.
Research Handbook on International Marine Environmental Law
Author: Rosemary RayfusePublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1789909082
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
This wholly new edition of the Handbook provides an authoritative examination of international law relating to the protection of the marine environment. Chapters critically engage with current legal issues surrounding activities that harm the marine environment, including marine pollution, seabed activities, exploitation of marine biodiversity and climate change, and with the different legal tools and mechanisms, including environmental impact assessments and compliance and dispute settlement mechanisms, used to protect the marine environment. New chapters also address legal issues relating to the role of technology and marine scientific research as well as the application of principles such as public participation. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
Saving the Oceans Through Law
Author: James HarrisonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198707320
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The protection of the marine environment is an important challenge for the international community. Harrison critically assesses the role of international law, highlighting key developments in treaties and legal rules, but also pointing to the need for greater coordination and stronger enforcement mechanisms