In Fairness to Future Generations: International Law, Common Patrimony, and Intergenerational EquityIn this book Professor Weiss combines thorough research and careful analysis with imaginative solutions and a moral fervour, to show how rules of international law can be applied in an intertemporal dimension, and how the basic principles of the intergenerational equity can be developed to provide new standards for human behaviour. She manages to communicate to the reader not only that the situation is getting desperate but also that human intelligence can in time devise adequate remedies, without destroying completely our way of life. |
Contents
PART I | 1 |
The Theory of Intergenerational Equity | 17 |
Planetary Obligations | 47 |
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A.P. Blaustein actions agricultural aquifers areas assessments benefits biological diversity Blaustein & G.H. climate change common patrimony conservation Constitution contamination Convention Cooperation costs cultural heritage cultural resources damage disposal duty ecological economic ecosystem effects emergency assistance ensure environmental erations funds G.H. Flanz eds gene banks germplasm ground water guidelines Human Rights IAEA impact implement important Int'l intergenerational equity International Law International Law Commission issues knowledge Lakes Water Quality land long-term monitoring Montreal Protocol Moon Treaty natural and cultural natural environment natural resources natural systems nuclear wastes obligations to future OECD organizations planetary obligations planetary rights plants present and future preservation principles of intergenerational problems programs protection Radioactive Waste regional Republic requires responsibility scientific soils species supra note sustainable toxic traditional Treaty tropical forests U.N. Doc UNEP UNESCO United Nations Water Quality Agreement World Bank World OCEANA