Justice for future generations : climate change and international law /

Justice for Future Generations breaks new ground by discussing what ethical obligations current generations have towards future generations in addressing the threat of climate change and how such obligations should be embodied in international law. Peter Lawrence uses an interdisciplinary approach,...

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Main Author: Lawrence, Peter (Lecturer in law)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2014
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245 1 0 |a Justice for future generations :  |b climate change and international law /  |c Peter Lawrence, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania, Australia 
260 |a Cheltenham, UK ;  |a Northampton, MA :  |b Edward Elgar,  |c 2014 
300 |a xxiii, 227 p. ;  |c 25 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-224) and index 
505 0 0 |a Introduction: The climate change problem and solutions -- The basis of an obligation towards future generations in justice and ethics in the context of climate change -- Content of justice-based obligations towards future generations in the context of climate change -- Current international law, intergenerational justice and climate change -- International human rights law, intergenerational justice and climate change -- Climate change discourses and intergenerational justice -- The way forward : incorporating intergenerational justice principles into international climate law 
520 |a Justice for Future Generations breaks new ground by discussing what ethical obligations current generations have towards future generations in addressing the threat of climate change and how such obligations should be embodied in international law. Peter Lawrence uses an interdisciplinary approach, involving discourse theory, international relations theory, and philosophical concepts of ethics and justice to inform discussion of international law. Recent political science theories are used to show why the current global climate change treaties are so weak in addressing intergenerational justice concerns. The book draws on contemporary theories of justice to develop a number of principles used to critique the existing global climate change treaties. These principles are also used as a blueprint for suggestions on how to develop a much-needed global treaty on climate change. The approach is pragmatic in that the justice-ethics argument rests on widely shared values. Moreover, the book is informed by the author's extensive experience in the negotiation of global environmental treaties as an Australian diplomat. With its interdisciplinary approach and focus on intergenerational justice, this detailed study will be of particular interest to academics and policymakers in international environmental law and climate law, as well as to those in international law with an interest in ethics and justice issues 
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