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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811249303321

Autore

Kibel Paul Stanton

Titolo

The earth on trial : environmental law on the international stage / / Paul Stanton Kibel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

1-135-96258-8

1-135-96259-6

1-280-31681-0

0-203-90180-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

341.7/62

Soggetti

Environmental law, International

Conservation of natural resources - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; First Ink: Publication Credits; Acknowledgments; Acronym List; Introduction: Sharp Teeth; City Limits: Urban Ecology and Economic Justice; Roughshod: Northwest Forests and the Constitution; Blaming Wildlife: The Endangered Endangered Species Act; Words to Choke On: Free Speech and Environmental Debate; Ignorance Abroad: International Projects Under National Law; Axe to the Myth: Canadian Logging and International Law; Ecology After the USSR: Hard Times for Russian Environmental Law; United by Poison: Relief for Bhopal's Victims

Refoliating Vietnam: A Second War for the ForestsA Difficult Swim: The Sea Turtle Navigates GATT; Trees Falling: Forests and the Timber Trade; The Depths of Europe: Lessons for North America; Conclusion: Commonplace Ideas; Selected Resource Guide; Selected Bibliography; Suggested Further Reading; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Earth on Trial examines the degree to which the law has accommodated an increased understanding of the natural environment. Paul Stanton Kibel provides a clear assessment of what conceptual and practical changes are needed to reconcile law to the limits of ecology. By moving the debate between law and the environment beyond



specialists, and towards a public forum, The Earth on Trial acknowledges that a healthy environmental future depends not so much on our ability to alter nature to accommodate society, as our ability to alter society to accommodate nature.