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"This book presents the first theory of proxy representation in the international legal order in the context of climate change. Written in accessible language, it will make a useful reference for researchers, graduate students and policymakers in international environmental law, global environmental governance and environmental philosophy"--
List of contents
Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Normative Framework: Justifying Representation of Future Generations: 2. Proxy representation and the global legal order: integrating philosophical and legal perspectives; 3. The democratic ideal and its normative value for future generations; Part II. International Law and Institutions: 4. Criteria for evaluating mechanisms for representation of future generations; 5. Lessons from existing international institutions to represent vulnerable groups; Part III. Case Studies: 6. The ICJ advisory opinion on climate change and proxy representation of future generations; 7. A UN committee on the rights of the child case study: the Sacchi et al case Nicky van Dijk; 8. A UN special envoy for future generations; 9. Conclusion; Index.
About the author
Peter Lawrence is an Adjunct Senior Researcher in the Faculty of Law at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Peter holds a Ph.D. in international law from Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He works closely with philosophers and has been a visiting scholar at the Munich School of Philosophy, Germany, the Ethics Institute, Utecht University, The Netherlands, and the Australian National University (ANU) College of Law, Canberra, Australia. He is the author of Justice for Future Generations: Climate Change and International Law (2014) and co-editor of Giving Future Generations a Voice: Normative Frameworks, Institutions and Practice (2021) and a contributor to the Oxford Handbook on International Environmental Law (2021).
