Efficiency, Sustainability, and Justice to Future Generations
ISBN:
9789400718685
Auflage:
2012
Verlag:
Springer Netherland
Land des Verlags:
Deutschland
Erscheinungsdatum:
13.08.2011
Herausgeber:
Reihe:
Law and Philosophy Library
Format:
Hardcover
Seitenanzahl:
240
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Fifty years after the famous essay “The Problem of Social Cost” (1960) by the Nobel laureate Ronald Coase, Law and Economics seems to have become the lingua franca of American jurisprudence, and although its influence on European jurisprudence is only moderate by comparison, it has also gained popularity in Europe. A highly influential publication of a different nature was the Brundtland Report (1987), which extended the concept of sustainability from forestry to the whole of the economy and society. According to this report, development is sustainable when it “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
A key requirement of sustainable development is justice to future generations. It is still a matter of fact that the law as well as the theories of justice are generally restricted to the resolution of conflicts between contemporaries and between people living in the same country. This in turn raises a number of questions: what is the philosophical justification for intergenerational justice? What bearing does sustainability have on the efficiency principle? How do we put a policy of sustainability into practice, and what is the role of the law in doing so?
The present volume is devoted to these questions. In Part One, “Law and Economics”, the role of economic analysis and efficiency in law is examined more closely. Part Two, “Law and Sustainability”, engages with the themes of sustainable development and justice to future generations. Finally, Part Three, “Law, Economics and Sustainability”, addresses the interrelationships between the different aspects.
A key requirement of sustainable development is justice to future generations. It is still a matter of fact that the law as well as the theories of justice are generally restricted to the resolution of conflicts between contemporaries and between people living in the same country. This in turn raises a number of questions: what is the philosophical justification for intergenerational justice? What bearing does sustainability have on the efficiency principle? How do we put a policy of sustainability into practice, and what is the role of the law in doing so?
The present volume is devoted to these questions. In Part One, “Law and Economics”, the role of economic analysis and efficiency in law is examined more closely. Part Two, “Law and Sustainability”, engages with the themes of sustainable development and justice to future generations. Finally, Part Three, “Law, Economics and Sustainability”, addresses the interrelationships between the different aspects.
Schlagwörter
Sustainable Development
Solving Environmental Problems
Requirements of Sustainable Development
Status Quo Theory
The Efficiency Principle
The Kyoto Protocol
Tradable Emissions Allowances
Trade in Emissions
Transnational Climate Protection
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
Unleashing Environmental Destruction
Value of Social Projects
Weak Versus Strong Sustainability
World Commission on Environment and Development
World Summit for Sustainable Development
Social Distributive Justice
Principles of Coase's Bargaining Solution
Legal Pluralism and Globalization
Global Climate Policy Debate
Environmental Commodities
Environment as a Tradable Commodity
Ensuring Justice for Future Generations
Economics for the Environment
Social and Ecological Discussions of Sustainability
Economical
Discounting and Sustainable Development
Consequences of Human Action upon Nature
Adam Smith's Invisible Hand Grows Green Fingers
