Collected courses of the Hague Academy of International Law; v.325 (2006)/ Recueil des cours.

9789004161047

Collected courses of the Hague Academy of International Law; v.325 (2006)/ Recueil des cours.

Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

2008

542 pages

$191.00

Hardcover

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JX74

This volume of a comprehensive course on the role of international law in peace and development focuses on the bifurcated nature of globalization, which practitioner Bedjaoui reminds us may bring economic stability to some but challenges peace, human rights and the environment for all. He explains how human rights include the right to live in a healthful and natural environment, and describes how development has been cast the role of being a panacea for all earthly ills. He finds international law is virtually the only hope for defending, initiating and maintaining human and environmental rights in an era of globalization, and that both states and "superstates" (such as the European Union) must reassess their laws in relation to globalization to ensure the rights of the people and their planet. In French. Martinus Nijhoff an imprint of Brill.

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