The Common Good and Environmental Governance for the Support of Life

Edited By: Laura Westra

£47.99

This volume discusses a variety of environmental and ecological issues from the standpoint of existing legal instruments, with a primary focus on the necessity for ecologically-oriented governance, in order to redress a situation that supports multiple human rights violations.

The ongoing environmental crisis has given rise to grave concerns everywhere, and a number of authors have approached this topic from various disciplines and points…

The ongoing environmental crisis has given rise to grave concerns everywhere, and a number of authors have approached this topic from various disciplines and points of view, proposing different strategies to address and correct the situation. A major problem, however, is presented by the role and possible efficiency of existing legal regimes, most of which do not consider seriously the ecological problems that are the basis of most of the global problems that beset us.

In 2015, Italy hosted the 2015 Expo of Milano, an important fair that attempted to address some of these major issues, primarily the availability of safe food and water, and the legal regimes that govern their distribution. The conference that resulted in this volume took place at the University of Parma, an old university in a city roughly one hour away.

This volume discusses a variety of environmental and ecological issues from the standpoint of existing legal instruments, with a primary focus on the necessity for ecologically-oriented governance, in order to mitigate and redress a situation that – at present – supports multiple human rights violations.

Laura Westra received a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Toronto in 1983 and a second PhD in Jurisprudence from Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada, in 2005. She has taught in numerous universities in Canada, the United States and Italy, and currently teaches at the Faculty of Law of the University of Windsor, Canada. She has published thirty-six books, including monographs and edited collections, as well as 90 articles and book chapters.

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