The Earth on Trial

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-91995-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

The Earth on Trial examines the degree to which the law has accommodated an increased understanding of the natural environment. Paul Stanton Kibel provides a clear assessment of what conceptual and practical changes are needed to reconcile law to the limits of ecology. By moving the debate between law and the environment beyond specialists, and towards a public forum, The Earth on Trial acknowledges that a healthy environmental future depends not so much on our ability to alter nature to accommodate society, as our ability to alter society to accommodate nature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kibel, Paul Stanton

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutzorganisationen, Naturschützer
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Sharp Teeth
PART I. THE AMERICAN BACKYARD
Chapter 1: City Limits: Urban Ecology and Economic Justice
Open Space and the City
Brownsfields Under Superfund
Who is Reclaimed?
Metropolitan Vantage Point
The City Frontier
Chapter 2: Roughshod: Northwest Forests and the Constitution
The Independence of the Courts
A Bad Decision Revisited
Chapter 3: Blaming Wildlife: The Endangered Endangered Species Act
Scapegoating the Owl
The Nature of Reform
Chapter 4: Words to Choke On: Free Speech and Environmental Debate
Misinformation in the Marketplace
Facts and Fair Comment
Controlling the Debate
Chapter 5: Ignorance Aboard: International Projects Under National Law
Relocating the Issue
Lack of Recourse
Information and Responsibility
PART II. FOREIGN SOIL
Chapter 6: Axe to the Myth: Canadian Logging and International Law
Forests Under International Law
The Fiction of Compliance
Ottowa in the Woods
Chapter 7: Ecology After the USSR: Hard Times for Russian Environmental Law
The State of the Environment
The State of the Economy
A Difficult Legacy
On the Page and On the Ground
Solutions Beneath the Surface

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Stanton Kibel is an environmental lawyer based in San Francsico, and teaches at Golden Gate University School of Law and the Monterey Institute of International Studies. His articles have appeared in many publications, including In These Times, UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, NYU Environmental Law Journal, and Georgetown International Environmental Law Review.