ResponsAbility: Law and Governance for Living Well with the Earth

Author: Betsan Martin; Linda Te Aho; Maria Humphries-Kil
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367734053
Published In: December 2020
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

List Price: HKD 584.87

HKD 567.32 Save HKD 17.55 (3%)

Download Order Form

Add to Wishlist
| Add to Compare

Description
Contents

Details

ResponsAbility challenges conventional thinking about our governance and legal frameworks. The cross-currents of persisting, established worldviews, knowledge systems, institutions, law and forms of governance are now at odds with future-facing innovations designed to help societies transition to both low-carbon economies and social equity. This book explores the ways in which we can move to new governance and legal structures that more effectively reflect our changed relationship with the Earth in the Anthropocene.

The book is written by a group of eminent scholars and leading experts from a diverse range of backgrounds, all of whom bring new knowledge and analysis from across oceanic and continental regions. Many are from the discipline of law, whilst others bring expertise on indigenous knowledge, climate, water, governance and philosophy to engage with law. Contributors include His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Efi, Head of State of Samoa, Judge Sir E. Taikakurei Durie, Dame Anne Salmond, Pierre Calame and Adrian Macey. A number of scenarios are presented throughout the book for the realignment of global and local law to institutionalise responsibility for social, environmental and earth-centered equity.

Foreward

Introduction

Ngā Pou Rāhui: Responsable Laws for Water and Climate

Reclaiming the Global Commons: Towards Earth Trusteeship

Responsibility, State and International Law

Public Responsibility: A Fundamental Concept Reflected Throughout the Ages; Where did we lose the plot?

Confronting the Insupportable: Resources of the Law of Responsibility

Responsibility and the Transformative Role of Law

The Principle of Responsibility in the Global Response to Climate Change: Origins and Evolution

An Ethic of Responsibility in Samoan Customary Law

Indigenous Law and Responsible Water Governance

Governance of Water Based on Responsible Use – An elegant solution?