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Westra, Laura

 
9780774821186: Human Rights: The Commons and the Collective
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ISBN 10: 0774821183 ISBN 13: 9780774821186
Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2012

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International law evolved to protect human rights. But what are human rights? Does the term have the same meaning in a world being transformed by climate change and globalized trade? Are existing laws sufficient to ensure humanity’s survival? Westra argues that international law privileges individual over collective rights, permitting multinational corporations to overlook the collectivity and the environment in their quest for wealth. Unless policy makers redefine human rights and reformulate environmental law to protect the preconditions for life itself - water, food, clean air, and biodiversity - humankind faces the complete loss of the ecological commons, one of our most basic human rights.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Laura Westra holds doctorates in both philosophy andjurisprudence, and has taught in the fields of philosophy, ethics, andenvironmental law at several US, Canadian, and Italian universities.

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International law evolved to protect human rights. But what are human
rights? Does the term have the same meaning in a world being
transformed by climate change and globalized trade? Are existing laws
sufficient to ensure humanity's survival? Westra argues that
international law privileges individual over collective rights,
permitting multinational corporations to overlook the collective and
the environment in their quest for wealth. Unless policy makers
redefine human rights and reformulate environmental law to protect the
preconditions for life itself -- water, food, clean air, and
biodiversity -- humankind faces the complete loss of the ecological
commons, one of our most basic human rights.

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Editore
Univ of British Columbia Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2012
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0774821183
ISBN 13 
9780774821186
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
365
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