The Earth Charter, Ecological Integrity and Social Movements

ISBN-13: 9781138016927 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 290 str.

Laura Westra; Mirian Vilela

Opis

The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental ethical principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society, with ecological integrity as a major theme. This book provides a series of analyses of ecological integrity as it relates to the Earth Charter, social movements, and international law for human rights.

Spis treści

Prologue: Summons to a New Axial Age: The Promise, Limits, and Future of the Earth Charter  Preface  Introduction  Part 1: The Earth Charter and the Search for Common Ground  1. The Rule of Law Grounded in the Earth: Ecological Integrity as a Grundnorm  2. The Earth Charter, the Commons and the Common Heritage of Mankind Principle  3. Realising Earth Democracy: Governance from Below  Part 2: International Law, Ethics and Social Movements  4. The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Presenting the Problem as the Solution  5. Norms For Scientific Claims Made in The Face of Scientific Uncertainty: Lessons From the Climate Change Disinformation Campaign  6. What a Difference a Disaster Makes-or Doesn’t: A Comparative Case Study of Governmental and Popular Responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy  Part 3: International Law, Human Rights and Ecological Integrity  7. The Law of Transboundary Groundwater  8. Oceans for Sale  9. Land Grabbing, Food Security and the Environment: Human Rights Challenges  10. Is a Green New Deal Strategy a Sustainable Response to the Social and Ecological Challenges of the Present World?  11. Frack Off! – Law, Policy, Social Resistance, Coal Seam Gas Mining and the Earth Charter  Part 4: Indigenous Voices for Integrity  12. Canadian Avatar: Reshaping Relationships Through Indigenous Resistance  13. Sharing the River of Life: The Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign  14. Indigenous Laws and Aspirations for a Sustainable World  15. Moving Toward Global Eco-Integrity: Implementing Indigenous Conceptions of Nature in a Western Legal System  Part 5: Government Decisions, Environmental Policies and Social Movements  16. Society, Changes and Social Movements: The Case of Brazil  17. Environmental Sustainability Beyond The Law: A Venezuelan Perspective  18. Costa Rica: The First Latin American Country Free of Open Pit Gold Mining  19. The Earth Charter. An Environmental Policy Instrument in Mexico – a Soft Law or Hard Policy Perspective

O autorze

Laura Westra is Professor Emerita (Philosophy) , University of Windsor, Canada, and Sessional Instructor at both the Faculty of Law, University of Milano (Bicocca), Italy, and the Graduate Faculty of Environmental Studies, Royal Roads University, Canada.

Mirian Vilela is the Executive Director of the Earth Charter International Secretariat and the Earth Charter Center on Education for Sustainable Development at the University for Peace, in San Jose, Costa Rica.