Environmental law and justice in context / edited by Jonas Ebbesson and Phoebe Okowa.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : dimensions of justice in environmental law / Jonas Ebbesson -- The second cycle of ecological urgency : an environmental justice perspective / Richard Falk -- Describing the elephant : international justice and environmental law / Dinah Shelton -- Law, justice, and rights : some implications of a global perspective / William Twining -- Gender and environmental law and justice : thoughts on sustainable masculinities / Hanne Petersen -- Participatory rights in natural resource management : the role of communities in South Asia / Jona Razzaque -- Public participation and the challenges of environmental justice in China / Qun Du -- Environmental justice through courts in countries in economic transition / Stephen Stec -- Environmental justice through environmental courts? : lessons learned from the Swedish experience / Jan Darpö -- Environmental justice in the European Court of Justice / Ludwig Krämer -- Environmental justice through international complaints procedures? : comparing the Aarhus Convention and the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation / Malgosia Fitzmaurice.

Environmental justice in situations of armed conflict / Phoebe Okowa -- Sovereignty and environmental justice in international law / André Nollkaemper -- Piercing the state veil in the pursuit of environmental justice / Jonas Ebbesson -- Competing narratives of justice in North-South environmental relations : the case of ozone layer depletion / Karin Mickelson -- Climate change, global environmental justice and international environmental law / Jutta Brunnée -- Justice in global environmental negotiations : the case of desertification / Bo Kjellén -- Distributive justice and procedural fairness in global water law / Ellen Hey -- Environmental justice in the use, knowledge, and exploitation of genetic resources / Philippe Cullet -- Law, gender, and environmental resources : women's access to environmental justice in East Africa / Patricia Kameri-Mbote -- The polluter pays principle : dilemmas of justice in national and international contexts / Hans Christian Bugge -- Corporate activities and environmental justice : perspectives on Sierra Leone's mining / Priscilla Schwartz -- Environmental justice and international trade law / Nicolas de Sadeleer.

This innovative collection of essays discusses the extent to which considerations of justice and fairness have permeated the legal debate on environmental protection. It has been written by a wide range of contributors who have approached the subject from fresh theoretical and practical perspectives.

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