Rule of Law for Nature: New Dimensions and Ideas in Environmental Law

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107337961

'Human laws must be reformulated to keep human activities in harmony with the unchanging and universal laws of nature.' This 1987 statement by the World Commission on Environment and Development has never been more relevant and urgent than it is today. Despite the many legal responses to various environmental problems, more greenhouse gases than ever before are being released into the atmosphere, biological diversity is rapidly declining and fish stocks in the oceans are dwindling. This book challenges the doctrinal construction of environmental law and presents an innovative legal approach to ecological sustainability: a rule of law for nature which guides and transcends ordinary written laws and extends fundamental principles of respect, integrity and legal security to the non-human world.

'Rule of Law for Nature is ‘kaleidoscopic’, brimming with ideas for re-imagining environmental law that should inspire the diverse set of actors - states, non-governmental organizations, corporates, and individuals - who are shaping both the future of law and the future of the planet.'

Robert V. Percival Source: Transnational Environmental Law

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18 - Taking nature seriously
pp 312-328
Can the UN Guiding Principles tame corporate profiteering?
- By Surya Deva
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Part VII - A rule of law for the oceans
pp 329-379
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19 - Conservation of marine biodiversity and the International Maritime Organization
pp 331-346
- By Tore Henriksen
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20 - Implementing the rule of law for nature in the global marine commons
pp 347-364
Developing environmental assessment frameworks
- By Robin Warner
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21 - Using the public trust doctrine to achieve ocean stewardship
pp 365-379
- By Mary Turnipseed, Michael C. Blumm, Duncan E. J. Currie, Kristina M. Gjerde, Peter H. Sand, Mary C. Wood, Julie A. Hambrook Berkman, Ryke Longest, Gail Osherenko, Stephen E. Roady, Raphael D. Sagarin, Larry B. Crowder
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Index
pp 380-389
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18 - Taking nature seriously
pp 312-328

Part VII - A rule of law for the oceans
pp 329-379

19 - Conservation of marine biodiversity and the International Maritime Organization
pp 331-346

20 - Implementing the rule of law for nature in the global marine commons
pp 347-364

21 - Using the public trust doctrine to achieve ocean stewardship
pp 365-379

Index
pp 380-389

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18 - Taking nature seriously pp 312-328

Part VII - A rule of law for the oceans pp 329-379

19 - Conservation of marine biodiversity and the International Maritime Organization pp 331-346

20 - Implementing the rule of law for nature in the global marine commons pp 347-364

21 - Using the public trust doctrine to achieve ocean stewardship pp 365-379

Index pp 380-389

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18 - Taking nature seriously
pp 312-328

Part VII - A rule of law for the oceans
pp 329-379

19 - Conservation of marine biodiversity and the International Maritime Organization
pp 331-346

20 - Implementing the rule of law for nature in the global marine commons
pp 347-364

21 - Using the public trust doctrine to achieve ocean stewardship
pp 365-379

Index
pp 380-389