The Earth Charter, ecological integrity and social movements /

"The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental ethical principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society, with ecological integrity as a major theme. This book provides a series of analyses of ecological integrity as it relates to the Earth Charter, social movements an...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Other Authors: Westra, Laura (Editor), Vilela, Mirian (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxfordshire, England ; New York : Routledge : Earthscan, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.