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- Provides comprehensive analysis of environmental human rights, encompassing international, regional, and constitutional law
- Offers a multi-faceted critical consideration of the feasibility and justifiability of a right to a healthy environment within international human rights law
- Explores theoretical implications, including coverage of criticism based on deep ecology and other theories of the environment
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
The book addresses the topic from a variety of perspectives, drawing on underlying theories of human rights as well as a range of legal, political, and pragmatic considerations. It examines the scope of current human rights, particularly those enshrined in international and regional human rights law, to explore their application and enforceability in relation to environmental problems, identifying potential barriers to more effective implementation. It also analyses the rationale for constitutional recognition of environmental rights and considers the impact that this area of law has had, both in terms of achieving stronger environmental protection and environmental justice, as well as in influencing the development of human rights law more generally.
The book identifies climate change as the key environmental challenge facing the global community, as well as a major cause of negative human rights impacts. It examines the contribution that environmental human rights might make to rights-based approaches to climate change.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Bridget Lewis
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Human Rights and Climate Change
Book Subtitle: Current Status and Future Prospects
Authors: Bridget Lewis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1960-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-1959-4Published: 03 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4709-2Published: 10 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-1960-0Published: 21 August 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 250
Topics: International Environmental Law, Climate Change Management and Policy, Human Rights, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights