Environmental Law and Sustainability After Rio

by Jamie Benidickson, Karen Morrow, Antonio Benjamin, et al.

This book examines the development of environmental law in the period since the ground-breaking 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development or 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro. It demonstrates that a great deal has been achieved in the field of environmental law since the 1990s. However, the extraordinary environmental crises facing humanity in the 21st century indicate a continuing urgent need for the generation of robust policies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857932241
• ISBN13: 9780857932242
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.