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Sovereignty or sustainability in the anthropocene
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Adelman, Sam (2019) Sovereignty or sustainability in the anthropocene. In: May, James R. and Daly, Erin, (eds.) Human Rights and the Environment Legality, Indivisibility, Dignity and Geography. Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law series . Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781788111454
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Abstract
Sovereignty is generally understood to comprise the bundle of powers of nation-states but legal theory is rarely captures the complexities of a unique and exceptional power. Historically, the exercise of sovereign prerogatives has resulted in sovereign exceptionalism that prioritises national interests over those of other states and the environment. The governance of tropical forests illustrates the tension between permanent sovereignty over national resources and the need to treat forests as global commons in the interests of all peoples. We can bequeath a habitable planet to future generations or we can choose to perpetuate national interest through sovereignty, but we cannot have both so long as sovereign prerogative trumps common good.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions J Political Science > JC Political theory |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sovereignty, Geology, Stratigraphic -- Anthropocene, Sustainability | ||||
Series Name: | Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law series | ||||
Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing | ||||
Place of Publication: | Cheltenham | ||||
ISBN: | 9781788111454 | ||||
Book Title: | Human Rights and the Environment Legality, Indivisibility, Dignity and Geography | ||||
Editor: | May, James R. and Daly, Erin | ||||
Official Date: | March 2019 | ||||
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Number of Pages: | 624 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a draft chapter / article. The final version is available in Human Rights and the Environment Legality, Indivisibility, Dignity and Geography edited by James R. May and Erin Daly, published in 2019, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/978XXXXXXXXXX.000XX The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only. | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 7 November 2018 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 October 2019 | ||||
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