League of Nations and the Protection of the Environment

Sommario

1. Fighting pollution made by humankind: the League of Nations and the endeavors of the convention against the pollution of the sea by oil; 2. The League of Nations and the whaling dilemma; 3. Sanitation, spreading diseases, and the environmental concerns: the League of Nations' campaign for rural hygiene; 4. Raw materials, the timber crisis, and fears of deforestation during the interwar period; 5. Evaluating the environmental regime of the League of Nations: comparative discussion; 6. Conclusion.

Info autore

Omer Aloni is Research and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bar-Ilan, Ramat-Gan, Israel. He received his Ph.D. from Tel-Aviv University (Faculty of Law). He holds research affiliations with the University of Potsdam, the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (LMU Munich) and the Max Planck Institute. He was awarded the Tallinn Prize by the European Society for Environmental History for the best research in 2018 and 2019.

Riassunto

This is the first history of the environmental regime of the League of Nations during the interwar period. Omer Aloni uncovers the hidden interests, perceptions, motivations and agendas previously overlooked by both environmental historians and legal scholars.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Omer (Bar-Ilan University Aloni, Omer Aloni
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.06.2021
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9781108838191
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83819-1
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
• Categorie: History, HISTORY / General, 20th Century, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, LAW / Public, LAW / Environmental, International Relations, International Law, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Archaeology, Public International Law, Legal History, Environment law, History and Archaeology, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment, International Organisations & Institutions