Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio

Edited by Jamie Benidickson, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada, Ben Boer, Emeritus Professor, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, Australia, Antonio Herman Benjamin, Justice, High Court of Brazil (STJ) and Professor, Catholic University of Brasilia and Karen Morrow, School of Law, University of Swansea, Wales, UK

’The Rio Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 was a watershed in environmental law and sustainable development. It unleashed hopes and expectations particularly for the developing countries and the poor and disadvantaged in the global community. The editors have admirably, through a galaxy of leading and eminent intellectuals from the North and the South, analysed the promise of Rio and its impact in the last two decades. It is a remarkable balance sheet of success and failure, of achievements and disappointments. The narrative is compelling and gripping. A must-read for courses in environmental law and policy.’

• Contents:1. Introduction: Environmental Law and Sustainability after RioJamie Benidickson, Ben Boer, Antonio Herman Benjamin and Karen MorrowPART I: HISTORY, PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF SUSTAINABILITY2. Reflecting on Rio: Environmental Law in the Coming DecadesNicholas A. Robinson3. Capacity Building in Environmental Law in African UniversitiesCharles Odidi Okidi4. Local Agenda 21: A Rights-based Approach to Local Environmental GovernanceAnél du Plessis5. Brazilian ‘Socioambientalismo’ and Environmental JusticeFernanda de Salles Cavedon and Ricardo Stanziola Vieira6. Risk Society and the Precautionary PrincipleMiriam Alfie Cohen and Adrián de Garay Sánchez7. Measuring the Environment through Public ProcurementNicola LugaresiPART II: ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS, ACCESS TO JUSTICEAND LIABILITY ISSUES8. A Sustainable and Equitable Legal OrderWerner Scholtz9. The Courts and Public Participation in Environmental Decision-makingKaren Morrow10. Enchanced Access to Environmental Justice in KenyaRobert Kibugi11. Towards a New Theory of Environmental Liability Without Proof of DamageJosé Juan González12. Diffuse Damages in Environmental Torts in BrazilArlindo DaibertPART III: NATURAL RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY13. Transboundary Aquifers: Towards Substantive and Process Reform in Treaty-makingJoseph W. Dellapenna and Flavia Rocha Loures14. Achieving Sustainability: Plant Breeders’ and Farmers’ RightsMekete Bekele TeklePART IV: ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY15. International Law and Sustainable Energy: A Portrait of FailureDavid Hodas16. Cross-border Gas Pipelines and Sustainability in Southern AfricaWillemien du Plessis17. Is EU Climate Change Policy Legally Robust? Javier de Cendra de Larragán18. Combating Climate Change in UgandaEmmanuel KasimbaziPART V: NATURE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY19. Contractual Tools for Implementing the CBD in South AfricaAlexander Paterson20. Mangrove Swamps and SustainabilityMarcelo Nogueira Camargos and Solange Teles da Silva21. The Amazonian Treaty and Harmonisation of Environmental LegislationJosé Augusto Fontoura Costa, Solange Teles da Silva and Fernanda SolaIndex