International Law and Agroecological Husbandry: Building Legal Foundations for a New Agriculture

ISBN-13: 9780367029876 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 420 str.

John W. Head

Opis

This book shows how possibilities for greater food security can only be achieved through changes in legal instruments and institutions at the global level. 

Spis treści

Part 1: Orientation and Preview  1. Reconceptualizing Agriculture and its Legal Framework  Part 2: The Failure of Modern Extractive Agriculture  2. Modern Extractive Agriculture is Economically Unsustainable  3. Modern Extractive Agriculture is Ecologically and Socially Unsustainable  Part 3: The Promise of Agroecological Husbandry  4. What is Agroecological Husbandry?  5. Realizing the Advantages of Agroecological Husbandry over Modern Extractive Agriculture  Part 4: Building New Legal Foundations for Agroecological Husbandry  6. Necessary Changes in Substantive National Law  7. A New Collaborative Global Legal Framework for Agroecological Husbandry  Part 5: Conclusion  8. Pluralistic Sovereignty and Eco-States?  Appendix A "Bare-Bones Legal and Policy Brief": Building Worldwide Legal Foundations for a New Agriculture

O autorze

John W. Head is Wagstaff Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. He is the author of several books on international law.