Human rights and the environment : philosophical, theoretical, and legal perspectives / by Linda Hajjar Leib.
2011
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Author
Title
Human rights and the environment : philosophical, theoretical, and legal perspectives / by Linda Hajjar Leib.
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011.
Call Number
K3585 .L445 2011
ISBN
9789004188648 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004188649 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004188649 (hardback : alk. paper)
Description
x, 182 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)668990527
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-175) and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
ix
Introduction
1
pt. ONE
SETTING THE SCENE
ch. One
Historical and Philosophical Underpinnings of the Environmental Movement
11
Introduction
11
A.
Roots of the Environmental Crisis
11
B.
Emergence and Development of Environmentalism
21
C.
Major Concepts in Environmental Philosophy
26
D.
Internationalisation of Environmental Issues: From the Philosophical Arena to the Legal Arena
36
Conclusion
38
ch. Two
An Overview of the Characteristics and Controversies of Human Rights
41
Introduction
41
A.
Theories of Human Rights: Philosophical and Legal Foundations
41
B.
Human Beings as Rights-Holders
43
C.
Internationalisation and Universalism of Human Rights
45
D.
Unity and Indivisibility of Human Rights: Taxonomy of Human Rights
50
E.
The Implementation of Human Rights
57
Conclusion
66
pt. TWO
THE CONCEPTUALISATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AS HUMAN RIGHTS
ch. Three
Theorisation of the Various Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Issues
71
Introduction
71
A.
The Expansion Theory
71
B.
The Ènvironmental Democracy' Theory
81
C.
The Genesis Theory
88
Conclusion
107
ch. Four
Reconfiguration of the Human Rights System in Light of Sustainable Development and the Two-Level Conceptualisation of Environmental Rights
109
Introduction
109
A.
Sustainable Development: A Marriage of Convenience between Environment and Development
110
B.
Sustainable Development as a Theoretical and Normative Framework for the Right to Development and the Right to Environment
116
C.
Reconfiguration of the Human Rights System
122
D.
Towards a New Covenant on Environmental Rights
136
Conclusion
155
Conclusion
157
Bibliography
163
Index
177