The Common Good and Ecological Integrity (eBook, ePUB)

Human Rights and the Support of Life
Redaktion: Westra, Laura; D'Aloia, Antonio; Gray, Janice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the latest research and current thinking on the role of ecological integrity in support of life on Earth and the importance of governance for the common good, or the benefit of all.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317211853
• Artikelnr.: 45100020

Autorenporträt

Laura Westra is Professor Emerita (Philosophy), University of Windsor, Canada, and Sessional Instructor at the Faculty of Law, University of Milano (Bicocca), Italy. Janice Gray is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and an Affiliate of the Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre at University of New South Wales, Australia. She is also a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, and Queen Mary University of London, UK. Antonio D'Aloia is Professor of Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Parma, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Common Good and the June 18, 2015 Papal Encyclical Laura
Westra and Janice Gray Part 1: The Common Good and the Right to Food and
Water 1. Bioeconomy: A Challenge to Integrity? Franz-Theo Gottwald 2. Soil
as a Key to Food Security: Social Perception of Soil Erosion in the Czech
Republic: A Case Study Eva Cudlinová, Jan Vávra, Miloslav Lapka 3. Czech
Water Footprint in the European Context Tomá Hák, Petra Nováková, Pavel
Cudlín 4. Food Wars: Food, Intangible Cultural Heritage and International
Trade Valentina Vadi 5. The Right to Food Between Food Security and Food
Sovereignty: Different Perspectives of the Battle Against GMOs Mery Ciacci
6. Genetically Modified Crops and their Impact on the Environment: Creating
a Win-Win for Science and Nature with a Deontological Legal Framework
Ngozi Stewart 7. The Water-Energy Nexus: The Role of Water Law Joseph W.
Dellapenna Part 2: The Common Good, Climate Change and the Right to Health
8. Lessons Learned From Climate Change on the Need to Fix Responsibility in
Governments, Scientific Environmental Organizations, and Environmental NGOs
for Applied Ethical Analyses Donald A. Brown 9. Climate Change Challenges
in Law and Ethics: Can Individual and Collective Rights be Protected?
Kathleen Mahoney 10. David vs. Goliath: Voluntary Professional Societies of
Epidemiology and the Industrial Juggernaut Colin L. Soskolne 11. Some
Considerations on the Role of the Security Council in Facing the Ebola
Outbreak Sabrina Urbinati 12. Human Security in Conflict and Disaster:
Ukraine at War John Quinn, Tomas Zeleny and Vladimir Bencko Part 3: The
Common Good and Democracy for Environmental Governance 13. War, Militarism
and Climate Change: Time to Connect the Dots Sheila D. Collins 14. The
Canadian Government's Anti-Democratic Attack on Asylum Seekers Anne Venton
15. Climate Induced Migration: What Legal Protection for Climate Migrants
at the International Level? Francesca Mussi 16. Democratic Capitalism for
Realizing the Earth Charter Vision Peter Venton 17. Constitution and Future
Generations: A New Challenge for Law's Theory Antonio d'Aloia 18. The Need
for a New Regulatory Approach for the Promotion of Ecological
Sustainability Massimiliano Montini and Francesca Volpe 19. Migration with
Dignity for Climate Justice: The Situation of Small Island Developing
States Susana Borràs 20. Weapons of Mass Distraction Rose A. Dyson
Conclusion: Governing the Commons: Can States Be Trustees? Klaus Bosselmann