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THE RIO DECLARATION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
A COMMENTARY |
| By: |
Jorge E. Vinuales (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£147.50 |
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£143.08 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199686777 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199686773 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 February, 2015 |
| Series: |
Oxford Commentaries on International Law |
| Pages: |
720 |
| Description: |
The 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development provides 27 principles to guide future sustainable development. This book is the first commentary on the Declaration, investigating the origins, development, and impact of each of the 27 principles on the ways in which sustainable development has been encouraged through international law. |
| Synopsis: |
The international community has long grappled with the issue of safeguarding the environment and encouraging sustainable development, often with little result. The 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development was an emphatic attempt to address this issue, setting down 27 key principles for the international community to follow. These principles define the rights of people to sustainable development, and the responsibilities of states to safeguard the common environment. The Rio Declaration established that long term economic progress required a connection to environmental protection. It was designed as an authoritative and comprehensive statement of the principles of sustainable development law, an instrument to take stock of the past international and domestic practice, a guide for the design of new multilateral environmental regimes, and as a reference for litigation. This commentary provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the principles of the Declaration, written by ov |
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UK |
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Oxford University Press |
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Returnable |
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