The Search for Environmental Justice

Title
The Search for Environmental Justice
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Martin, Paul
( editor )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0243-2654
Email: pmartin9@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:pmartin9
Bigdeli, Sadeq Z
Daya-Winterbottom, Trevor
du Plessis, Willemien
Kennedy, Amanda L
Type of document
Book
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Place of publication
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Edition
1
Series
IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Series
DOI
10.4337/9781784719425
UNE publication id
une:19277
Abstract
Environmental justice is a massive topic. Justice itself means different things to different scholars, and the 'environmental' descriptor adds new dimensions. Notably considering the environmental dimension adds the possibility that non-humans may have rights that should be given legal status, and that human interests in the natural world may give rise to unique jurisprudential considerations. Our aim with this book has been to provide a window into treatments of this topic that are of interest to scholars within the environmental law academy of the IUCN. We do not pretend that this group of academics have a unified perception of the scope of environmental justice or the evolving jurisprudence within it. Virtually any sub-topic of environmental justice covered in this edition can easily justify a complete book. Our ambition with this book is to introduce the reader to the diversity and richness of scholarship in this fascinating and strengthening field of investigation. Even given this limited aim, we know that there are dimensions of the topic that we have not touched upon. The book is divided into four parts, though such subdivision is artificial because many themes and issues are interwoven through the chapters.
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ISBN
9781784719418
9781784719425

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