Global Justice and SustainableDevelopment

Contents

Series Editor’s Preface

Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Sustainable Development and the Instinctive Imperative of Justice in the Global Order

Part One Refi ning General Principles

Sustainability Discourses in International Courts: What Place for Global Justice?

Sustainable Development and Fragmentation in International Society

Sustainable Development, Integration and the Confl ation of Values: The Fuel Retailers Case*

Sustainable Development, Major Groups and Stakeholder Dialogue – Lessons from the UN

The Normative Infl uence of Islamic Shari’ah on Current UN Discourse on Justice and Sustainable Development

Demystifying the Ideal – Water and Sustainability in Ancient Greek Laws

Part Two Pursuing Global Justice and Sustainable Development in International Law

Procedural International Environmental Justice? The Evolution of Procedural Means for EnvironmentalProtection: From Inter-State Obligations toIndividual-State Rights

Climate Change and Shifting Paradigms

The Impact of International Foreign Investment Rules on Domestic Law

Water Services Privatisation and Recognition of theHuman Right to Water in International InvestmentLaw – Finding Fertile Ground in Unlikely Places

Ecosystem services, Agricultural Subsidies and World Trade: in search of Global Justice and Sustainable Development

The Concept of Equality in International Tradeand Investment Law: A Catalyst forSustainable Development

The Curious Phenomenon of “Environmental Migration/Displacement” and The Role of International Law in Cross-Border Protection

Part Three National and Regional Approaches

Global Poverty and Sustainable Development – Challenges addressed by the EU’s Renewed Sustainable Development Strategy

Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development: Guidelines for Environmental Law-Making1

Some Australian examples of the integration of environmental, economic and social considerations into decision making – the jurisprudence of facts and context

After Copenhagen: Bringing Personal Carbon Trading Home

Justice and Sustainable Development: Compatibility or Conflict? A Scottish Case Study

Sustainable Development Indicators and a Putative Argument for Law: A Case Study of the UK

A Concluding Comment

Reassessing and Redefi ning the Principle of Economic Sovereignty of States

Index