Human Rights and the Environment: Philosophical, Theoretical and Legal Perspectives

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-18864-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 1600 mm x 2400 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

Reihe: Queen Mary Studies in International Law

This book explores the philosophical, theoretical and legal bases that underpin the linkage between human rights and the environment. Such linkage, grounded in reality, is an innovative way of addressing environmental issues through the lens of a well-established international human rights system.

The book argues that a new set of environmental rights is gradually forging ist way into international law and suggests a re-configuration of the human rights system in the context of sustainable development and the notion of solidarity rights. In doing so, two sets of concepts are considered: first, the possibility of a rapprochement between environmental ethics and the human rights doctrine and, second, the theoretical and practical links among the concepts of development, democracy, environment and sustainable development.

Zielgruppe

The book is useful to researchers, academics, students and activists interested in the doctrine of human rights, environmental philosophy, and the recent developments in environmental rights and sustainable development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hajjar Leib, Linda

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Umweltethik, Umweltphilosophie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Beziehungen des Rechts zu anderen Disziplinen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtstheorie, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtsdogmatik, Rechtsprechungslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Über Autor(innen)

Hajjar Leib, Linda
Linda H. Leib, a Fulbright Scholar, holds a PhD (2009) in Law from Macquarie University. She has a multidisciplinary background and expertise in the areas of environmental philosophy, human rights law, environmental law, international relations and Middle East politics.

Linda H. Leib, a Fulbright Scholar, holds a PhD (2009) in Law from Macquarie University. She has a multidisciplinary background and expertise in the areas of environmental philosophy, human rights law, environmental law, international relations and Middle East politics.