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Format: 1 online resource (xvii, 544 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 9780511844294 (ebook)

Content: Customary laws and traditional institutions in Africa constitute comprehensive legal systems that regulate the entire spectrum of activities from birth to death. Once the sole source of law, customary rules now exist in the context of pluralist legal systems with competing bodies of domestic constitutional law, statutory law, common law and international human rights treaties. This book promotes discussion and understanding of customary law and explores its continued relevance in sub-Saharan Africa. The volume considers the characteristics of customary law and efforts to ascertain and codify customary law, and how this body of law differs in content, form and status from legislation and common law. It also addresses a number of substantive areas of customary law including the role and power of traditional authorities; customary criminal law; customary land tenure, property rights and intestate succession; and the relationship between customary law, human rights and gender equality.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , A survey of customary laws in Africa in search of lessons for the future / , The future of living customary law in African legal systems in the twenty-first century and beyond, with special reference to South Africa / , The future of customary law in Africa / , The quest for customary law in African state courts / , The withering province of customary law in Kenya : a case of design or indifference? / , Putting old wine in new wine skins : the customary code of Lerotholi and justice administration in Lesotho / , Traditional authorities : custodians of customary law development? / , Engaging legal dualism : paralegal organizations and customary law in Sierra Leone and Liberia / , The future of customary law in Ghana / , Traditional courts in South Africa in the twenty-first century / , Customary law and chieftainship in twenty-first century Botswana / , Traditional institutions and governance in modern African democracies : history, challenges, and opportunities in Ghana / , Entrapment or freedom : enforcing customary property rights regimes in common-law Africa / , Romancing customary tenure : challenges and prospects for the neo-liberal suitor / , Reform of the South African customary law of succession : final nails in the customary law coffin? / , Customary crinimal law in the South African legal system / , Gacaca in Rwanda : customary law in case of genocide / , Customary law, gender equality, and the family : the promise and limits of a choice paradigm / , African customary law and women's human rights in Uganda / , Women's rights, customary law and the promise of the protocol on the rights of women in Africa / , From contemporary African customary laws to indigenous African law : identifying ancient African human rights and good governance sensitive principles as a tool to promote culturally meaningful socio-legal reforms /

Additional Edition: Print version: ISBN 9780521118538

Language: English

Subjects: Law

Keywords: Aufsatzsammlung

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Format: 1 online resource (xvi, 1380 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 9781139171380 (ebook)

Content: Documents in International Environmental Law is the companion volume to the second edition of Philippe Sands' Principles of International Environmental Law. It comprises a representative selection of international environmental treaties and documents which are essential for anyone interested in international law in the field of environmental protection. This edition represents an up-to-date collection of the most important documents and aims to make the text and the key information on the legal status of the various acts, including its parties where a treaty is concerned, easily accessible to students, academics and practitioners. Each document is introduced with a short Editorial Note, summarising the main provisions of the instrument and places it in its wider context. Editorial notes are followed by information on the date of adoption/signature of the document, its entry into force and a list of the parties (if a treaty).

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , I. General instruments -- II. Atmosphere -- IIIa. Oceans: global -- IIIb. Oceans: regional -- IV. Freshwater resources -- V. Biodiversity -- VIa. Hazardous substances and activities: nuclear -- VIb. Hazardous substances and activities: pesticides -- VIc. Hazardous substances and activities: waste -- VII. Human rights and the environment -- VIII. War and the environment -- IX. Trade and the environment -- X. Environmental impact assessment and access to information -- XI. Liability for environmental damage and breaches of environmental obligations -- XII. The Antarctic.

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Subjects: Law

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Format: 1 online resource (xvii, 969 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

Edition: Second edition.

ISBN: 9780511610851 (ebook)

Content: This is the companion volume to the second edition of Philippe Sands' Principles of International Environmental Law and Sands and Galizzi's Documents in International Environmental Law. It comprises extracts from essential EC Treaties, Regulations, Directives, Decisions and other Acts of EC institutions. EC environmental legislation represents one of the most complex and challenging legal regimes for the protection of the environment. The significant body of legislation which now exists has given rise to numerous disputes over its application and interpretation. This collection brings together the principal documents in an accessible form, providing practitioners, scholars and students with the essentials necessary to understand, advise upon and apply this body of law. Concise editorial notes summarise the main provisions of the instruments reproduced and place them in their wider context.

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Subjects: Law

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Format: 1 online resource (224 p.)

ISBN: 9780823293186

Series Statement: People and the Environment

Content: The new millennium raised hopes for a better future for humanity through a new spirit of international cooperation. Participants at the United Nations Millennium Summit agreed on an ambitious agenda for international cooperation that singled out, among other issues, environmental protection and development as key objectives. The increasing degradation of our planet continues to emphasize the need to conserve and preserve natural resources. Yet with more than half of the global population still living on $2 dollars a day or less, there is also a glaring need for development initiatives to combat poverty. This book draws on contributions to the People and the Environment lecture series at Fordham University, organized in partnership with the United Nations Development Program Equator Initiative and The Nature Conservancy. The essays offer a wealth of fresh perspectives and strategies to promote both environmental conservation and poverty eradication. Reflecting a range of disciplines, issues, and settings, they cover four interrelated topics: the link between poverty reduction and the environment and encouraging integration of environmental management and development; environmental disasters, their impact on poor people and ways to prevent and mitigate their consequences; conservation knowledge and the role of information and education in sustainable development; and legal empowerment of the poor. Each part offers an overview of the theme and introduces the perspectives of leading experts and scholars—from the lessons of Katrina and the Tsunami to model agricultural policies for sustaining the environment while strengthening local economies. Demonstrating the roles the environment can and should play in poverty alleviation, the essays deepen our understanding of the some of the world’s most difficult challenges—and provide a toolkit of ideas and techniques for addressing them.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , CONTRIBUTORS -- , FOREWORD -- , PREFACE -- , INTRODUCTION -- , PART I POVERTY REDUCTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT ARE NOT OPPOSING GOALS -- , 1 Advancing a New Paradigm: Institutional and Policy Breakthroughs Toward Poverty Reduction and Sound Environmental Management -- , 2 Managing Environmental Wealth for Poverty Reduction: A Review -- , 3 Ecoagriculture Agriculture, Environmental Conservation, and Poverty Reduction at a Landscape Scale -- , 4 Conserving Biodiversity and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihoods: Sustainable Production and Consumption in Global Supply Chains -- , 5 Restoring Ecosystems and Renewing Lives: The Story of Mhaswandi, a Once-Poor Village in India -- , Part II INVESTING IN THE ENVIRONMENT, PROTECTING COMMUNITIES FROM NATURAL DISASTERS -- , 6 The International Disaster Risk Reduction Regime: Escaping the Cycle of Poverty and Tragedy -- , 7 Unanticipated Consequences of the Tsunami Response -- , 8 Lessons from Hurricane Katrina -- , PART II I KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO MEET POVERTY-ALLEVIATION GOALS -- , 9 Knowledge Necessary to Meet Poverty-Alleviation Goals -- , 10 Conservation Information -- , 11 Building Enterprises to Reach Low-Income Markets -- , 12 Including Natural Capital in Environmental Decision Making -- , PART IV LEGAL EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR -- , 13 The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor -- , 14 Opportunities in Environmental Stewardship: Climate Change and Legal Empowerment of the Rural Poor -- , CONCLUSION -- , INDEX , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780823293186

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Format: XVI, 1380 Seiten

Edition: Second edition

ISBN: 0521832667 , 0521540305

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Law

Keywords: Internationales Umweltrecht ; Internationales Umweltrecht ; Quelle

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Author information: Sands, Philippe 1960-

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Format: XXXIV, 377 S. : , graph. Darst., Kt.

Edition: 1. ed.

ISBN: 978-0-8232-2802-7 , 978-0-8232-2803-4

Series Statement: People and the environment lecture series

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Economics

Keywords: Armut ; Bekämpfung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Umweltbewusstsein ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Format: 1 online resource (xvii, 969 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

Edition: 2nd ed.

ISBN: 1-107-14905-3 , 1-280-45842-9 , 0-511-19125-1 , 0-511-16173-5 , 0-511-16043-7 , 0-511-61085-8 , 0-511-31314-4 , 0-511-16100-X

Uniform Title: Documents in international environmental law.

Content: This is the companion volume to the second edition of Philippe Sands' Principles of International Environmental Law and Sands and Galizzi's Documents in International Environmental Law. It comprises extracts from essential EC Treaties, Regulations, Directives, Decisions and other Acts of EC institutions. EC environmental legislation represents one of the most complex and challenging legal regimes for the protection of the environment. The significant body of legislation which now exists has given rise to numerous disputes over its application and interpretation. This collection brings together the principal documents in an accessible form, providing practitioners, scholars and students with the essentials necessary to understand, advise upon and apply this body of law. Concise editorial notes summarise the main provisions of the instruments reproduced and place them in their wider context.

Note: Companion volume to: Principles of international environmental law / Philippe Sands. 2nd ed. and Documents in international environmental law / [edited by Philippe Sands and Paolo Galizzi]. 2nd ed. , Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 Treaty establishing the European Community 27 March 1957 (extracts; as amended by the 1986 Single European Act, the 1992 Treaty on European Union, the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam and the 2001 Treaty of; 1A EC Treaty, incorporating amendments introduced by the Treaty of Amsterdam, the TEU and the SEA (extracts; superseded by the entry into force of the Treaty of Nice on 1 February 2003); 1B EC Treaty, incorporating amendments introduced by the TEU and the SEA (extracts , superseded by the entry into force of the Treaty of Nice on 1 February 2003)1C EEC Treaty, incorporating amendments introduced by the SEA (extracts; superseded by the entry into force of the Treaty of Nice on 1 February 2003); 1D Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, 28 October 2004 (extracts); 2 Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme; 3 Commission Communication of 2 February 2000 on the precautionary principle , 4 Decision No 466/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 1March 2002 laying down a Community action programme promoting non-governmental organisations primarily active in the field o5 Regulation (EC) No 2493/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 November 2000 on measures to promote the full integration of the environmental dimension in the development process of; 6 EC Treaty, as amended by the 1986 Single European Act, the 1992 Treaty on European Union, the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam, the 2001 Treaty of Nice and the 2003 Act of Accession1 (selected articles) , 7 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 of 7 May 1990 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network (as amended)7A Decision of 21 March 1997 on public access to European Environment Agency documents; 8 Council Resolution of 7 October 1997 on the drafting, implementation and enforcement of Community environmental law; 9 Council Recommendation 75/436/Euratom, ECSC, EEC of 3 March 1975 regarding cost allocation and action by public authorities on environmental matters , 10 Council Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 of 16 May 1994 establishing a Cohesion Fund (as amended)11 Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE); 11A Regulation (EC) No 1682/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 September 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE); 12 Commission Communication: Community guidelines on State aid for environmental protection (3 February 2001) , 13 Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (as amended) , English

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Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-83303-5

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Format: 1 online resource (xvi, 1380 p. )

Edition: 2nd ed.

ISBN: 1-139-17138-0

Content: Documents in International Environmental Law is the companion volume to the second edition of Philippe Sands' Principles of International Environmental Law. It comprises a representative selection of international environmental treaties and documents which are essential for anyone interested in international law in the field of environmental protection. This edition represents an up-to-date collection of the most important documents and aims to make the text and the key information on the legal status of the various acts, including its parties where a treaty is concerned, easily accessible to students, academics and practitioners. Each document is introduced with a short Editorial Note, summarising the main provisions of the instrument and places it in its wider context. Editorial notes are followed by information on the date of adoption/signature of the document, its entry into force and a list of the parties (if a treaty).

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , I. General instruments -- II. Atmosphere -- IIIa. Oceans: global -- IIIb. Oceans: regional -- IV. Freshwater resources -- V. Biodiversity -- VIa. Hazardous substances and activities: nuclear -- VIb. Hazardous substances and activities: pesticides -- VIc. Hazardous substances and activities: waste -- VII. Human rights and the environment -- VIII. War and the environment -- IX. Trade and the environment -- X. Environmental impact assessment and access to information -- XI. Liability for environmental damage and breaches of environmental obligations -- XII. The Antarctic. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-54030-5

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-83266-7

Language: English