Global Justice and Sustainable Development

Abstract

In recognising the significant role law, especially international law, can play in supporting the objectives of global justice and sustainable development, this edited collection provides a wide-ranging analysis of some of the most fundamental challenges facing global society. Sustainable development and the instinctive imperative of justice in the -- Global order / Duncan French -- Sustainability discourses in international courts : what place for global justice? / Tim Stephens -- Sustainable development and fragmentation in international society / Jaye Ellis -- Sustainable development, integration and the conflation of values : the fuel retailers case / Dire Tladi -- Sustainable development, major groups and stakeholder dialogue : lessons from the UN / Karen Morrow -- The normative influence of Islamic shari'ah on current UN discourse on justice and sustainable development / Katja Samuel -- Demystifying the ideal : water and sustainability in ancient Greek laws / Etienne Dunant -- Procedural international environmental justice? : the evolution of procedural means for environmental protection : from inter-state obligations to individual-state rights / David M. Ong -- Climate change and shifting paradigms / Joyeeta Gupta -- The impact of international foreign investment rules on domestic law / Ximena Fuentes -- Water services privatisation and recognition of the human right to water in international investment law : finding fertile ground in unlikely places / Owen McIntyre -- Ecosystem services, agricultural subsidies and world trade : in search of global justice and sustainable development / Elena Merino Blanco -- The concept of equality in international trade and investment law : a catalyst for sustainable development / Freya Baetens -- The curious phenomenon of "environmental migration/displacement" and the role of international law in cross-border protection / Michele Morel and Frank Maes -- Global poverty and sustainable development : challenges addressed by the EU's renewed sustainable development strategy / Silke Steiner -- Environmental justice and sustainable development : guidelines for environmental law-making / Dominique Herve -- Some Australian examples of the integration of environmental, economic and social considerations into decision making : the jurisprudence of facts and context / Jennifer McKay -- After Copenhagen : bringing personal carbon trading home / Peter Doran -- Justice and sustainable development : compatibility or conflict? : a Scottish case study / Ole Pedersen, Aylwin Pillai and Anne-Michelle Slater -- Sustainable development indicators and a putative argument for law : a case study of the UK / Andrea Ross -- Reassessing and redefining the principle of economic sovereignty of states / Surya P. Subedi.