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Book SynopsisThis important volume steps beyond conventional legal approaches to sustainability to provide fresh insights into perhaps one of the most critical global challenges of our time. Offering analysis of sustainability at land and sea alongside trade, labour and corporate governance perspectives, this book articulates important debates about the role of law. From impacts on local societies to domestic sustainable development policies and major international goals, it considers multiple jurisdictional levels. With original, interdisciplinary research from experts in their legal fields, this is a rounded assessment of the complex interplay of law and sustainability—both as it is now and as it should be in the future.
Trade Review“Sustainability, though ubiquitous in modern discourse, remains contested in theory and praxis. This collection offers insightful coverage of challenges in operationalising sustainability in principle and in key areas of law.” * Karen Morrow, Swansea University *
Table of ContentsIntroduction PART 1: SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH HISTORY Sustainability and Law: An historical and theoretical overview ~ Margherita Pieraccini and Tonia Novitz Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals: ‘responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making’? ~ Tonia Novitz and Margherita Pieraccini PART 2: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Accounting for Climate Change: Rethinking the chaotic corporate reporting landscape and its purpose with the UK’s failure as a case study ~ Charlotte Villiers and Georgina Tsagas Sustainable Corporate Governance: trimming or sowing? ~ Nina Boeger PART 3: TRADE The International Trade Regime and SDG 2: Reforming Agricultural Markets for Food Security ~ Clair Gammage Social Sustainability, Labour and Trade: Forging Connections ~ Tonia Novitz PART 4: PLACES Land Ownership, Use and Sustainability in a Pluriverse ~ Chris Willmore Sustainability and marine conservation law ~ Margherita Pieraccini
