Litigating the climate emergency : how human rights, courts, and legal mobilization can bolster climate action /
"As the climate emergency intensifies, rights-based climate cases litigation that is based on human rights law are becoming an increasingly important tool for securing more ambitious climate action. This book is the first to offer a systematic analysis of the universe of these cases known as hu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2023.
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| Series: | Globalization and human rights (Cambridge, England)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "As the climate emergency intensifies, rights-based climate cases litigation that is based on human rights law are becoming an increasingly important tool for securing more ambitious climate action. This book is the first to offer a systematic analysis of the universe of these cases known as human rights and climate change (HRCC) cases. By combining theory, empirical documentation, and strategic debate among preeminent scholars and practitioners from around the world, the book captures the roots, legal innovations, empirical richness, impact, and challenges of this dynamic field of sociolegal practice. It looks specifically at the sociolegal origins and trajectory of HRCC cases, the legal innovations of this type of litigation, and the strategies and impacts of these cases"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 407 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781009106214 100910621X 1009098772 9781009098779 100910215X 9781009102155 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009106214 |