Description
Book SynopsisLaura Westra argues that international and environmental law must place the rights of the collective before those of the individual if we are to protect our common heritage -- the environment, its air, water, and biodiversity -- and ensure humanity’s survival.
Table of ContentsForeword / William E. Rees
Introduction
Part 1: Basic Collective Rights for Law and Morality -- TheTheory
1 Individual Rights and Collective Rights in Conflict: TheEcocentric Perspective and the Commons
2 The Common Good and the Public Interest: Jus Cogens Norms and ErgaOmnes Obligations in a Lawless World
3 Communities and Collectives: The Interface
Part 2: Collective Rights, Globalization, and Democracy --The Practice
4 Collective Basic Rights Today
5 Globalization, Democracy, and Collective Rights
6 Cosmopolitanism, the Moral Community, and Collective HumanRights
Part 3: Toward a New Cosmopolitanism
7 World Law or International Legal Instruments? Toward theProtection of Basic Collective Human Rights
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index
