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050		4	_aK3249 _b.T69 2020
100	1		_aTownsend, Dina Lupin, _eauthor. _94819
245	1	0	_aHuman dignity and the adjudication of environmental rights / _cDina Lupin Townsend (visiting researcher, University of Witwatersrand and research consultant specialising in international environmental law, indigenous peoples' rights and legal theory).
264		1	_aNorthampton : _bEdward Elgar Publishing, _c2020.
300			_a1 online resource (304 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aContents: 1. Introduction -- 2. A history of dignity -- 3. The nature of human dignity in the judicial reasoning of courts -- 4. Environmentally constituted humanness - using dignity to redefine 'humanness' in human rights law -- 5. Dignity and identity - using dignity to defend claims to an environmental identity -- 6. Dignity and our environmental obligations to future generations -- 7. Conclusion -- Index.
520			_a"Focusing on contemporary debates in philosophy and legal theory, this ground-breaking book provides a compelling enquiry into the nature of human dignity. The author not only illustrates that dignity is a concept that can extend our understanding of our environmental impacts and duties, but also highlights how our reliance on and relatedness to the environment further extends and enhances our understanding of dignity itself. Against the background of current global threats to the realisation of rights, including severe environmental degradation and depleted reserves of essential natural resources, this innovative book considers whether dignity has any role to play in addressing these new problems, as well as in securing environmental rights and greater environmental care. The author provides an astute examination of important developments in human and environmental rights across a range of jurisdictions and levels, and considers whether human dignity should play a more central role in judicial considerations regarding environmental rights and environmental threats to human rights. Eminently engaging, this forward-thinking book will prove a critical read for legal academics and scholars with an interest in human dignity and environmental rights, as well as judicial reasoning and legal philosophy more widely. Its practical presentation of recent developments will also be of great importance to practitioners and policy-makers working in human rights and environmental law"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print record.
650		0	_aDignity. _94820
650		0	_aRespect for persons _xLaw and legislation. _93681
650		0	_aHuman rights. _9842
650		0	_aEnvironmental justice. _94821
655		0	_aElectronic books. _9632
710	2		_aEdward Elgar Publishing, _epublisher. _94822
776	1		_z9781789905939 (hardback)
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view//9781789905939.xml
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